| Psalm 120 | |||
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When I was in trouble I called to the Lord; • | ||
| I called to the Lord and he answered me. | |||
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Deliver me, O Lord, from lying lips • | ||
| and from a deceitful tongue. | |||
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What shall be given to you? • | ||
| What more shall be done to you, deceitful tongue? | |||
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4
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The sharp arrows of a warrior, • | ||
| tempered in burning coals! | |||
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5
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Woe is me, that I must lodge in Meshech • | ||
| and dwell among the tents of Kedar. | |||
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6
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My soul has dwelt too long • | ||
| with enemies of peace. | |||
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I am for making peace, • | ||
| but when I speak of it, they make ready for war. | |||
| Psalm 121 | |||
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I lift up my eyes to the hills; • | ||
| from where is my help to come? | |||
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My help comes from the Lord, • | ||
| the maker of heaven and earth. | |||
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He will not suffer your foot to stumble; • | ||
| he who watches over you will not sleep. | |||
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4
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Behold, he who keeps watch over Israel • | ||
| shall neither slumber nor sleep. | |||
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The Lord himself watches over you; • | ||
| the Lord is your shade at your right hand, | |||
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So that the sun shall not strike you by day, • | ||
| neither the moon by night. | |||
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7
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The Lord shall keep you from all evil; • | ||
| it is he who shall keep your soul. | |||
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The Lord shall keep watch over your going out | ||
| and your coming in, • | |||
| from this time forth for evermore. | |||
| Psalm 122 | |||
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I was glad when they said to me, • | ||
| 'Let us go to the house of the Lord.' | |||
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And now our feet are standing • | ||
| within your gates, O Jerusalem; | |||
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Jerusalem, built as a city • | ||
| that is at unity in itself. | |||
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Thither the tribes go up, the tribes of the Lord, • | ||
| as is decreed for Israel, | |||
| to give thanks to the name of the Lord. | |||
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For there are set the thrones of judgement, • | ||
| the thrones of the house of David. | |||
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O pray for the peace of Jerusalem: • | ||
| 'May they prosper who love you. | |||
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'Peace be within your walls • | ||
| and tranquillity within your palaces.' | |||
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For my kindred and companions' sake, • | ||
| I will pray that peace be with you. | |||
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For the sake of the house of the Lord our God, • | ||
| I will seek to do you good. | |||
| Psalm 123 | |||
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To you I lift up my eyes, • | ||
| to you that are enthroned in the heavens. | |||
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As the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, • | ||
| or the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress, | |||
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So our eyes wait upon the Lord our God, • | ||
| until he have mercy upon us. | |||
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4
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Have mercy upon us, O Lord, have mercy upon us, • | ||
| for we have had more than enough of contempt. | |||
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Our soul has had more than enough of the scorn of the arrogant, • | ||
| and of the contempt of the proud. | |||
| Psalm 124 | |||
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If the Lord himself had not been on our side, • | ||
| now may Israel say; | |||
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If the Lord had not been on our side, • | ||
| when enemies rose up against us; | |||
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3
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Then would they have swallowed us alive • | ||
| when their anger burned against us; | |||
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Then would the waters have overwhelmed us | ||
| and the torrent gone over our soul; • | |||
| over our soul would have swept the raging waters. | |||
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But blessed be the Lord • | ||
| who has not given us over to be a prey for their teeth. | |||
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Our soul has escaped | ||
| as a bird from the snare of the fowler; • | |||
| the snare is broken and we are delivered. | |||
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Our help is in the name of the Lord, • | ||
| who has made heaven and earth. | |||
| Psalm 125 | |||
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Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion, • | ||
| which cannot be moved, but stands fast for ever. | |||
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As the hills stand about Jerusalem, • | ||
| so the Lord stands round about his people, | |||
| from this time forth for evermore. | |||
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3
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The sceptre of wickedness shall not hold sway | ||
| over the land allotted to the righteous, • | |||
| lest the righteous turn their hands to evil. | |||
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Do good, O Lord, to those who are good, • | ||
| and to those who are true of heart. | |||
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5
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Those who turn aside to crooked ways | ||
| the Lord shall take away with
the evildoers; • |
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| but let there be peace upon Israel. | |||