Psalms 121-130
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Psalms 121
1 ¶<<A Song of degrees.>> I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence
cometh my help.
2 My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth.
3 He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not
slumber.
4 Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.
5 The LORD is thy keeper: the LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand.
6 The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.
7 The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul.
8 The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth,
and even for evermore.
Psalms 122
1 ¶<<A Song of degrees of David.>> 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.
Psalms 123
1 ¶<<A Song of degrees.>> 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.
Psalms 124
1 ¶<<A Song of degrees of David.>> 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.
Psalms 125
1 ¶<<A Song of degrees.>> 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.
Psalms 126
1 ¶<<A Song of degrees.>> 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.
Psalms 127
1 ¶<<A Song of degrees for Solomon.>> 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.
Psalms 128
1 ¶<<A Song of degrees.>> Blessed is every one that feareth the LORD; that
walketh in his ways.
2 For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thou be, and it
shall be well with thee.
3 Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children
like olive plants round about thy table.
4 Behold, that thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the LORD.
5 The LORD shall bless thee out of Zion: and thou shalt see the good of
Jerusalem all the days of thy life.
6 Yea, thou shalt see thy children's children, and peace upon Israel.
Psalms 129
1 ¶<<A Song of degrees.>> Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may
Israel now say:
2 Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not prevailed
against me.
3 The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows.
4 The LORD is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.
5 ¶Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion.
6 Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth
up:
7 Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand; nor he that bindeth sheaves his
bosom.
8 Neither do they which go by say, The blessing of the LORD be upon you: we
bless you in the name of the LORD.
Psalms 130
1 ¶<<A Song of degrees.>> Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O LORD.
2 Lord, hear my voice: let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my
supplications.
3 If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?
4 But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared.
5 ¶I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope.
6 My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: I say,
more than they that watch for the morning.
7 Let Israel hope in the LORD: for with the LORD there is mercy, and with him is
plenteous redemption.
8 And he shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities.