Psalms 122-124

Psalm 122

¹A Song of Ascents; of David. I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go unto the house of the LORD.

²Our feet are standing within thy gates, O Jerusalem;

³Jerusalem, that art builded as a city that is compact together:

⁴Whither the tribes go up, even the tribes of the LORD for a testimony unto Israel, to give thanks into the name of the LORD.

⁵For there are set thrones for judgment, the thrones of the house of David.

⁶Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee.

⁷Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces.

⁸For my brethren and companions’ sakes, I will now say, Peace be within thee.

⁹For the sake of the house of the LORD our God I will seek thy good.

Psalm 123

¹A Song of Ascents. Unto thee do I lift up mine eyes, O thou that sittest in the heavens.

²Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes look unto the LORD our God, until he have mercy upon us.

³Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.

⁴Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud.

Psalm 124

¹A Song of Ascents; of David. If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, let Israel now say;

²If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, when men rose up against us:

³Then they had swallowed us up alive, when their wrath was kindled against us:

⁴Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul:

⁵Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.

⁶Blessed be the LORD, who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth.

⁷Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped.

⁸Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth.