Day 110, 19 Apr 2024

1) Psalms 121, 123, 124, 125, 128, 129, 130

Psalms 121
A Song of Ascents.
1 I will lift up my eyes to the hills,
from where does my help come?
2 (Ps 63:1; 84:2) My help comes from the Lord,
who made heaven and earth.
3 (Ps 79:10; 80:5) He will not let your foot slip;
He who keeps you will not slumber.
4 (Isa 30:29; Ps 62:8) Behold, He who guards Israel
shall neither slumber nor sleep.
5 (Ps 42:11; 43:5) The Lord is your guardian;
the Lord is your shade at your right hand.
6 (2Sa 17:22; Dt 3:8-9) The sun shall not harm you during the day,
nor the moon during the night.
7 (Ps 88:7; Jnh 2:3) The Lord shall protect you from all evil;
He shall preserve your soul.
8 (Job 35:10; Ps 63:6) The Lord shall preserve your going out
and your coming in from now and for evermore.

Psalm 121
A Song of degrees.
[1] 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 123
A Song of Ascents.
1 To You I lift up my eyes,
O You who dwell in the heavens.
2 (Ps 63:1; 84:2) Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their
master, and as the eyes of a maiden to the hand of her mistress,
so our eyes look upon the Lord our God,
until He has mercy upon us.
3 (Ps 79:10; 80:5) Have mercy upon us, O Lord, have mercy upon us,
for we have been completely filled with contempt.
4 (Isa 30:29; Ps 62:8) Our soul is exceedingly filled with the ridicule
of those who are at ease,
and with the contempt of the proud ones.

Psalm 123
A Song of degrees.
[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.

PSALMS 124

A Song of Ascents. Of David.

1 If it had not been the Lord who was on our side,
now may Israel say,
2 (Ps 63:1; 84:2) if it had not been the Lord who was on our side,
when men rose up against us,
3 (Ps 79:10; 80:5) then they would have swallowed us up,
when their wrath was kindled againstus;
4 (Isa 30:29; Ps 62:8) then the flood would have overwhelmedus,
the torrent would have passed over our lives;
5 (Ps 42:11; 43:5) then the surging waters
would have gone over us.
6 (2Sa 17:22; Dt 3:8-9) Blessed be the Lord,
who has not given us for a prey to their teeth.
7 (Ps 88:7; Jnh 2:3) We have escaped
as a bird out of the snare of the hunters;
the snare is broken,
and we have escaped.
8 (Job 35:10; Ps 63:6) Our help is in the name of the Lord,
who made heaven and earth.

Psalms 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.

Psalms 125
A Song of Ascents.
1 Those who trust in the Lord shall be as Mount Zion,
which cannot be removed, but abides forever.
2 (Ps 63:1; 84:2) As the mountains are around Jerusalem,
so the Lord surrounds His people,
from now and forever.
3 (Ps 79:10; 80:5) For the scepter of the wicked shall not rest
upon the land allotted to the righteous,
lest the righteous put forth
their hands to do iniquity.
4 (Isa 30:29; Ps 62:8) Do good, O Lord, for those who are good,
and to those who are upright in their hearts.
5 (Ps 42:11; 43:5) As for those who turn aside to their twisted ways,
the Lord shall lead them away with the other workers of iniquity.
Peace be upon Israel!

Psalm 125
A Song of degrees.
[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.

Psalms 128
A Song of Ascents.
1 Blessed is everyone who fears the Lord, who walks in His ways.
2 (Ps 63:1; 84:2) For you shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands;
you will be happy, and it shall be well with you.
3 (Ps 79:10; 80:5) Your wife shall be as a fruitful vine
in your house, your children like olive shoots around your table.
4 (Isa 30:29; Ps 62:8) Behold, this man shall be blessed who fears the Lord.
5 (Ps 42:11; 43:5) The Lord shall bless you from Zion,
and may you see the welfare of Jerusalem all the days of your life.
6 (2Sa 17:22; Dt 3:8-9) Indeed, may you see your children’s children.
Peace upon Israel!

Psalm 128
A Song of degrees.
[1] 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
A Song of Ascents.
1 "Often they have afflicted me from my youth," may Israel now say,
2 (Ps 63:1; 84:2) "often they have afflicted me from my youth,
yet they have not prevailed against me.
3 (Ps 79:10; 80:5) The plowmen plowed upon my back;
they made their furrows long."
4 (Isa 30:29; Ps 62:8) The Lord is righteous;
He has cut the cords of the wicked.
5 (Ps 42:11; 43:5) Let all those be shamed and turned back who hate Zion.
6 (2Sa 17:22; Dt 3:8-9) Let them be as the grass on the housetops,
which withers before it even grows,
7 (Ps 88:7; Jnh 2:3) where the reaper is unable to fill his hand,
or he who binds sheaves, his arms.
8 (Job 35:10; Ps 63:6) Neither do they who pass by say,
"The blessing of the Lord be upon you; we bless you in the name of the Lord!"

Psalm 129
A Song of degrees.
[1] 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
A Song of Ascents.
1 From the depths I call on You, O Lord!
2 (Ps 63:1; 84:2) O Lord, hear my voice; let Your ears be attentive
to the sound of my supplications.
3 (Ps 79:10; 80:5) If you, O Lord, should keep track of iniquities,
O Lord, who shall stand?
4 (Isa 30:29; Ps 62:8) For there is forgiveness with You,
that You may be feared.
5 (Ps 42:11; 43:5) I wait for the Lord, with bated breath I wait;
I long for His Word!
6 (2Sa 17:22; Dt 3:8-9) My soul waits for the Lord,
more than watchmen for the morning, more than watchmen for the morning.
7 (Ps 88:7; Jnh 2:3) Let Israel wait for the Lord!
For mercy is found with the Lord; with Him is great redemption.
8 (Job 35:10; Ps 63:6) He shall redeem Israel from all their iniquities.

Psalm 130
A Song of degrees.
[1] 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.