rsv Psalms:120-135
rsv@Psalms:120:1 @ A Song of Ascents.
rsv@Psalms:120:2 @ In my distress I cry to the LORD, that he may answer me:
rsv@Psalms:120:3 @ "Deliver me, O LORD, from lying lips, from a deceitful tongue."
rsv@Psalms:120:4 @ What shall be given to you? And what more shall be done to you, you deceitful tongue?
rsv@Psalms:120:5 @ A warrior's sharp arrows, with glowing coals of the broom tree!
rsv@Psalms:120:6 @ Woe is me, that I sojourn in Meshech, that I dwell among the tents of Kedar!
rsv@Psalms:120:7 @ Too long have I had my dwelling among those who hate peace. [ (Psalms strkjv@120:8) I am for peace; but when I speak, they are for war! ]
rsv@Psalms:121:1 @ A Song of Ascents.
rsv@Psalms:121:2 @ I lift up my eyes to the hills. From whence does my help come?
rsv@Psalms:121:3 @ My help comes from the LORD, who made heaven and earth.
rsv@Psalms:121:4 @ He will not let your foot be moved, he who keeps you will not slumber.
rsv@Psalms:121:5 @ Behold, he who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.
rsv@Psalms:121:6 @ The LORD is your keeper; the LORD is your shade on your right hand.
rsv@Psalms:121:7 @ The sun shall not smite you by day, nor the moon by night.
rsv@Psalms:121:8 @ The LORD will keep you from all evil; he will keep your life. [ (Psalms strkjv@121:9) The LORD will keep your going out and your coming in from this time forth and for evermore. ]
rsv@Psalms:122:1 @ A Song of Ascents. Of David.
rsv@Psalms:122:2 @ I was glad when they said to me, "Let us go to the house of the LORD!"
rsv@Psalms:122:3 @ Our feet have been standing within your gates, O Jerusalem!
rsv@Psalms:122:4 @ Jerusalem, built as a city which is bound firmly together,
rsv@Psalms:122:5 @ to which the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, as was decreed for Israel, to give thanks to the name of the LORD.
rsv@Psalms:122:6 @ There thrones for judgment were set, the thrones of the house of David.
rsv@Psalms:122:7 @ Pray for the peace of Jerusalem! "May they prosper who love you!
rsv@Psalms:122:8 @ Peace be within your walls, and security within your towers!"
rsv@Psalms:122:9 @ For my brethren and companions' sake I will say, "Peace be within you!" [ (Psalms strkjv@122:10) For the sake of the house of the LORD our God, I will seek your good. ]
rsv@Psalms:123:1 @ A Song of Ascents.
rsv@Psalms:123:2 @ To thee I lift up my eyes, O thou who art enthroned in the heavens!
rsv@Psalms:123:3 @ Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes look to the LORD our God, till he have mercy upon us.
rsv@Psalms:123:4 @ Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us, for we have had more than enough of contempt. [ (Psalms strkjv@123:5) Too long our soul has been sated with the scorn of those who are at ease, the contempt of the proud. ]
rsv@Psalms:124:1 @ A Song of Ascents. Of David.
rsv@Psalms:124:2 @ If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, let Israel now say--
rsv@Psalms:124:3 @ if it had not been the LORD who was on our side, when men rose up against us,
rsv@Psalms:124:4 @ then they would have swallowed us up alive, when their anger was kindled against us;
rsv@Psalms:124:5 @ then the flood would have swept us away, the torrent would have gone over us;
rsv@Psalms:124:6 @ then over us would have gone the raging waters.
rsv@Psalms:124:7 @ Blessed be the LORD, who has not given us as prey to their teeth!
rsv@Psalms:124:8 @ We have escaped as a bird from the snare of the fowlers; the snare is broken, and we have escaped! [ (Psalms strkjv@124:9) Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth. ]
rsv@Psalms:125:1 @ A Song of Ascents.
rsv@Psalms:125:2 @ Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion, which cannot be moved, but abides for ever.
rsv@Psalms:125:3 @ As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the LORD is round about his people, from this time forth and for evermore.
rsv@Psalms:125:4 @ For the scepter of wickedness shall not rest upon the land allotted to the righteous, lest the righteous put forth their hands to do wrong.
rsv@Psalms:125:5 @ Do good, O LORD, to those who are good, and to those who are upright in their hearts! [ (Psalms strkjv@125:6) But those who turn aside upon their crooked ways the LORD will lead away with evildoers! Peace be in Israel! ]
rsv@Psalms:126:1 @ A Song of Ascents.
rsv@Psalms:126:2 @ When the LORD restored the fortunes of Zion, we were like those who dream.
rsv@Psalms:126:3 @ Then our mouth was filled with laughter, and our tongue with shouts of joy; then they said among the nations, "The LORD has done great things for them."
rsv@Psalms:126:4 @ The LORD has done great things for us; we are glad.
rsv@Psalms:126:5 @ Restore our fortunes, O LORD, like the watercourses in the Negeb!
rsv@Psalms:126:6 @ May those who sow in tears reap with shouts of joy! [ (Psalms strkjv@126:7) He that goes forth weeping, bearing the seed for sowing, shall come home with shouts of joy, bringing his sheaves with him. ]
rsv@Psalms:127:1 @ A Song of Ascents. Of Solomon.
rsv@Psalms:127:2 @ Unless the LORD builds the house, those who build it labor in vain. Unless the LORD watches over the city, the watchman stays awake in vain.
rsv@Psalms:127:3 @ It is in vain that you rise up early and go late to rest, eating the bread of anxious toil; for he gives to his beloved sleep.
rsv@Psalms:127:4 @ Lo, sons are a heritage from the LORD, the fruit of the womb a reward.
rsv@Psalms:127:5 @ Like arrows in the hand of a warrior are the sons of one's youth. [ (Psalms strkjv@127:6) Happy is the man who has his quiver full of them! He shall not be put to shame when he speaks with his enemies in the gate. ]
rsv@Psalms:128:1 @ A Song of Ascents.
rsv@Psalms:128:2 @ Blessed is every one who fears the LORD, who walks in his ways!
rsv@Psalms:128:3 @ You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands; you shall be happy, and it shall be well with you.
rsv@Psalms:128:4 @ Your wife will be like a fruitful vine within your house; your children will be like olive shoots around your table.
rsv@Psalms:128:5 @ Lo, thus shall the man be blessed who fears the LORD.
rsv@Psalms:128:6 @ The LORD bless you from Zion! May you see the prosperity of Jerusalem all the days of your life! [ (Psalms strkjv@128:7) May you see your children's children! Peace be upon Israel! ]
rsv@Psalms:129:1 @ A Song of Ascents.
rsv@Psalms:129:2 @ "Sorely have they afflicted me from my youth," let Israel now say--
rsv@Psalms:129:3 @ "Sorely have they afflicted me from my youth, yet they have not prevailed against me.
rsv@Psalms:129:4 @ The plowers plowed upon my back; they made long their furrows."
rsv@Psalms:129:5 @ The LORD is righteous; he has cut the cords of the wicked.
rsv@Psalms:129:6 @ May all who hate Zion be put to shame and turned backward!
rsv@Psalms:129:7 @ Let them be like the grass on the housetops, which withers before it grows up,
rsv@Psalms:129:8 @ with which the reaper does not fill his hand or the binder of sheaves his bosom, [ (Psalms strkjv@129:9) while those who pass by do not say, "The blessing of the LORD be upon you! We bless you in the name of the LORD!" ]
rsv@Psalms:130:1 @ A Song of Ascents.
rsv@Psalms:130:2 @ Out of the depths I cry to thee, O LORD!
rsv@Psalms:130:3 @ Lord, hear my voice! Let thy ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications!
rsv@Psalms:130:4 @ If thou, O LORD, shouldst mark iniquities, Lord, who could stand?
rsv@Psalms:130:5 @ But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared.
rsv@Psalms:130:6 @ I wait for the LORD, my soul waits, and in his word I hope;
rsv@Psalms:130:7 @ my soul waits for the LORD more than watchmen for the morning, more than watchmen for the morning.
rsv@Psalms:130:8 @ O Israel, hope in the LORD! For with the LORD there is steadfast love, and with him is plenteous redemption. [ (Psalms strkjv@130:9) And he will redeem Israel from all his iniquities. ]
rsv@Psalms:131:1 @ A Song of Ascents. Of David.
rsv@Psalms:131:2 @ O LORD, my heart is not lifted up, my eyes are not raised too high; I do not occupy myself with things too great and too marvelous for me.
rsv@Psalms:131:3 @ But I have calmed and quieted my soul, like a child quieted at its mother's breast; like a child that is quieted is my soul. [ (Psalms strkjv@131:4) O Israel, hope in the LORD from this time forth and for evermore. ]
rsv@Psalms:132:1 @ A Song of Ascents.
rsv@Psalms:132:2 @ Remember, O LORD, in David's favor, all the hardships he endured;
rsv@Psalms:132:3 @ how he swore to the LORD and vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob,
rsv@Psalms:132:4 @ "I will not enter my house or get into my bed;
rsv@Psalms:132:5 @ I will not give sleep to my eyes or slumber to my eyelids,
rsv@Psalms:132:6 @ until I find a place for the LORD, a dwelling place for the Mighty One of Jacob."
rsv@Psalms:132:7 @ Lo, we heard of it in Eph'rathah, we found it in the fields of Ja'ar.
rsv@Psalms:132:8 @ "Let us go to his dwelling place; let us worship at his footstool!"
rsv@Psalms:132:9 @ Arise, O LORD, and go to thy resting place, thou and the ark of thy might.
rsv@Psalms:132:10 @ Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness, and let thy saints shout for joy.
rsv@Psalms:132:11 @ For thy servant David's sake do not turn away the face of thy anointed one.
rsv@Psalms:132:12 @ The LORD swore to David a sure oath from which he will not turn back: "One of the sons of your body I will set on your throne.
rsv@Psalms:132:13 @ If your sons keep my covenant and my testimonies which I shall teach them, their sons also for ever shall sit upon your throne."
rsv@Psalms:132:14 @ For the LORD has chosen Zion; he has desired it for his habitation:
rsv@Psalms:132:15 @ "This is my resting place for ever; here I will dwell, for I have desired it.
rsv@Psalms:132:16 @ I will abundantly bless her provisions; I will satisfy her poor with bread.
rsv@Psalms:132:17 @ Her priests I will clothe with salvation, and her saints will shout for joy.
rsv@Psalms:132:18 @ There I will make a horn to sprout for David; I have prepared a lamp for my anointed. [ (Psalms strkjv@132:19) His enemies I will clothe with shame, but upon himself his crown will shed its luster." ]
rsv@Psalms:133:1 @ A Song of Ascents.
rsv@Psalms:133:2 @ Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers dwell in unity!
rsv@Psalms:133:3 @ It is like the precious oil upon the head, running down upon the beard, upon the beard of Aaron, running down on the collar of his robes! [ (Psalms strkjv@133:4) It is like the dew of Hermon, which falls on the mountains of Zion! For there the LORD has commanded the blessing, life for evermore. ]
rsv@Psalms:134:1 @ A Song of Ascents.
rsv@Psalms:134:2 @ Come, bless the LORD, all you servants of the LORD, who stand by night in the house of the LORD!
rsv@Psalms:134:3 @ Lift up your hands to the holy place, and bless the LORD! [ (Psalms strkjv@134:4) May the LORD bless you from Zion, he who made heaven and earth! ]
rsv@Psalms:135:1 @ Praise the LORD. Praise the name of the LORD, give praise, O servants of the LORD,
rsv@Psalms:135:2 @ you that stand in the house of the LORD, in the courts of the house of our God!
rsv@Psalms:135:3 @ Praise the LORD, for the LORD is good; sing to his name, for he is gracious!
rsv@Psalms:135:4 @ For the LORD has chosen Jacob for himself, Israel as his own possession.
rsv@Psalms:135:5 @ For I know that the LORD is great, and that our Lord is above all gods.
rsv@Psalms:135:6 @ Whatever the LORD pleases he does, in heaven and on earth, in the seas and all deeps.
rsv@Psalms:135:7 @ He it is who makes the clouds rise at the end of the earth, who makes lightnings for the rain and brings forth the wind from his storehouses.
rsv@Psalms:135:8 @ He it was who smote the first-born of Egypt, both of man and of beast;
rsv@Psalms:135:9 @ who in thy midst, O Egypt, sent signs and wonders against Pharaoh and all his servants;
rsv@Psalms:135:10 @ who smote many nations and slew mighty kings,
rsv@Psalms:135:11 @ Sihon, king of the Amorites, and Og, king of Bashan, and all the kingdoms of Canaan,
rsv@Psalms:135:12 @ and gave their land as a heritage, a heritage to his people Israel.
rsv@Psalms:135:13 @ Thy name, O LORD, endures for ever, thy renown, O LORD, throughout all ages.
rsv@Psalms:135:14 @ For the LORD will vindicate his people, and have compassion on his servants.
rsv@Psalms:135:15 @ The idols of the nations are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.
rsv@Psalms:135:16 @ They have mouths, but they speak not, they have eyes, but they see not,
rsv@Psalms:135:17 @ they have ears, but they hear not, nor is there any breath in their mouths.
rsv@Psalms:135:18 @ Like them be those who make them!-- yea, every one who trusts in them!
rsv@Psalms:135:19 @ O house of Israel, bless the LORD! O house of Aaron, bless the LORD!
rsv@Psalms:135:20 @ O house of Levi, bless the LORD! You that fear the LORD, bless the LORD!
rsv@Psalms:135:21 @ Blessed be the LORD from Zion, he who dwells in Jerusalem! Praise the LORD!
rsv@Psalms:136:1 @ O give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures for ever.
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