Pss.122
[1] I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the LORD.
[2] Our feet shall stand
within thy gates, O Jerusalem.
[3] Jerusalem is builded as a city that is compact together:
[4] Whither the
tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, unto the testimony of Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the
LORD.
[5] For there are set thrones of judgment, the thrones of the house of David.
[6] Pray for the peace
of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee.
[7] Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy
palaces.
[8] For my brethren and companions' sakes, I will now say, Peace be within thee.
[9] Because of
the house of the LORD our God I will seek thy good.
Pss.123
[1] Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens.
[2] Behold, as the eyes of servants
look unto the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our
eyes wait upon the LORD our God, until that he have mercy upon us.
[3] Have mercy upon us, O LORD,
have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.
[4] Our soul is exceedingly filled with the
scorning of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud.
Pss.124
[1] If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, now may Israel say;
[2] If it had not been the LORD
who was on our side, when men rose up against us:
[3] Then they had swallowed us up quick, when
their wrath was kindled against us:
[4] Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over
our soul:
[5] Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.
[6] Blessed be the LORD, who hath not given
us as a prey to their teeth.
[7] Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is
broken, and we are escaped.
[8] Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth.
Pss.125
[1] They that trust in the LORD shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever.
[2]
As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the LORD is round about his people from henceforth
even for ever.
[3] For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous
put forth their hands unto iniquity.
[4] Do good, O LORD, unto those that be good, and to them that are
upright in their hearts.
[5] As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, the LORD shall lead them
forth with the workers of iniquity: but peace shall be upon Israel.
Pss.126
[1] When the LORD turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream.
[2] Then was our
mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, The LORD
hath done great things for them.
[3] The LORD hath done great things for us; whereof we are glad.
[4]
Turn again our captivity, O LORD, as the streams in the south.
[5] They that sow in tears shall reap in
joy.
[6] He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing,
bringing his sheaves with him.
Pss.127
[1] Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city,
the watchman waketh but in vain.
[2] It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of
sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep.
[3] Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of
the womb is his reward.
[4] As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth.
[5]
Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with
the enemies in the gate.