rsv Psalms:124-127
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.