Category: Psalms

A song of ascents.

1 I call on theLordin my distress,

and he answers me.

2 Save me,Lord,

from lying lips

and from deceitful tongues.

3 What will he do to you,

and what more besides,

you deceitful tongue?

4 He will punish you with a warrior’s sharp arrows,

with burning coals of the broom bush.

5 Woe to me that I dwell in Meshek,

that I live among the tents of Kedar!

6 Too long have I lived

among those who hate peace.

7 I am for peace;

but when I speak, they are for war.

—https://api-cdn.youversionapi.com/audio-bible-youversionapi/3/32k/PSA/120-9a189461db3729a34606207d5c36ddb1.mp3?version_id=111—

A song of ascents.

1 I lift up my eyes to the mountains—

where does my help come from?

2 My help comes from theLord,

the Maker of heaven and earth.

3 He will not let your foot slip—

he who watches over you will not slumber;

4 indeed, he who watches over Israel

will neither slumber nor sleep.

5 TheLordwatches over you—

theLordis your shade at your right hand;

6 the sun will not harm you by day,

nor the moon by night.

7 TheLordwill keep you from all harm—

he will watch over your life;

8 theLordwill watch over your coming and going

both now and forevermore.

—https://api-cdn.youversionapi.com/audio-bible-youversionapi/3/32k/PSA/121-a2ef2bdc98880c6a6025262de9d77186.mp3?version_id=111—

A song of ascents. Of David.

1 I rejoiced with those who said to me,

“Let us go to the house of theLord.”

2 Our feet are standing

in your gates, Jerusalem.

3 Jerusalem is built like a city

that is closely compacted together.

4 That is where the tribes go up—

the tribes of theLord—

to praise the name of theLord

according to the statute given to Israel.

5 There stand the thrones for judgment,

the thrones of the house of David.

6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem:

“May those who love you be secure.

7 May there be peace within your walls

and security within your citadels.”

8 For the sake of my family and friends,

I will say, “Peace be within you.”

9 For the sake of the house of theLordour God,

I will seek your prosperity.

—https://api-cdn.youversionapi.com/audio-bible-youversionapi/3/32k/PSA/122-a36e95427a07ec7c2c1dd8649d58a87f.mp3?version_id=111—

A song of ascents.

1 I lift up my eyes to you,

to you who sit enthroned in heaven.

2 As the eyes of slaves look to the hand of their master,

as the eyes of a female slave look to the hand of her mistress,

so our eyes look to theLordour God,

till he shows us his mercy.

3 Have mercy on us,Lord, have mercy on us,

for we have endured no end of contempt.

4 We have endured no end

of ridicule from the arrogant,

of contempt from the proud.

—https://api-cdn.youversionapi.com/audio-bible-youversionapi/3/32k/PSA/123-5a2c5783584e674ed8e2bd5825909075.mp3?version_id=111—

A song of ascents. Of David.

1 If theLordhad not been on our side—

let Israel say—

2 if theLordhad not been on our side

when people attacked us,

3 they would have swallowed us alive

when their anger flared against us;

4 the flood would have engulfed us,

the torrent would have swept over us,

5 the raging waters

would have swept us away.

6 Praise be to theLord,

who has not let us be torn by their teeth.

7 We have escaped like a bird

from the fowler’s snare;

the snare has been broken,

and we have escaped.

8 Our help is in the name of theLord,

the Maker of heaven and earth.

—https://api-cdn.youversionapi.com/audio-bible-youversionapi/3/32k/PSA/124-f28ee7c66b185763167cd51ecc092ed4.mp3?version_id=111—

A song of ascents.

1 Those who trust in theLordare like Mount Zion,

which cannot be shaken but endures forever.

2 As the mountains surround Jerusalem,

so theLordsurrounds his people

both now and forevermore.

3 The scepter of the wicked will not remain

over the land allotted to the righteous,

for then the righteous might use

their hands to do evil.

4 Lord, do good to those who are good,

to those who are upright in heart.

5 But those who turn to crooked ways

theLordwill banish with the evildoers.

Peace be on Israel.

—https://api-cdn.youversionapi.com/audio-bible-youversionapi/3/32k/PSA/125-94cf54cd050953ce81d06dc13eb904f2.mp3?version_id=111—

A song of ascents.

1 When theLordrestored the fortunes ofZion,

we were like those who dreamed.

2 Our mouths were filled with laughter,

our tongues with songs of joy.

Then it was said among the nations,

“TheLordhas done great things for them.”

3 TheLordhas done great things for us,

and we are filled with joy.

4 Restore our fortunes,Lord,

like streams in the Negev.

5 Those who sow with tears

will reap with songs of joy.

6 Those who go out weeping,

carrying seed to sow,

will return with songs of joy,

carrying sheaves with them.

—https://api-cdn.youversionapi.com/audio-bible-youversionapi/3/32k/PSA/126-44378a04ad8992d9658f93d633fa41eb.mp3?version_id=111—

A song of ascents. Of Solomon.

1 Unless theLordbuilds the house,

the builders labor in vain.

Unless theLordwatches over the city,

the guards stand watch in vain.

2 In vain you rise early

and stay up late,

toiling for food to eat—

for he grants sleep tothose he loves.

3 Children are a heritage from theLord,

offspring a reward from him.

4 Like arrows in the hands of a warrior

are children born in one’s youth.

5 Blessed is the man

whose quiver is full of them.

They will not be put to shame

when they contend with their opponents in court.

—https://api-cdn.youversionapi.com/audio-bible-youversionapi/3/32k/PSA/127-1c35d07148b440a12f3aefaa98bb1d75.mp3?version_id=111—

A song of ascents.

1 Blessed are all who fear theLord,

who walk in obedience to him.

2 You will eat the fruit of your labor;

blessings and prosperity will be yours.

3 Your wife will be like a fruitful vine

within your house;

your children will be like olive shoots

around your table.

4 Yes, this will be the blessing

for the man who fears theLord.

5 May theLordbless you from Zion;

may you see the prosperity of Jerusalem

all the days of your life.

6 May you live to see your children’s children—

peace be on Israel.

—https://api-cdn.youversionapi.com/audio-bible-youversionapi/3/32k/PSA/128-a7c105279828433ec822ed4bd149a045.mp3?version_id=111—

A song of ascents.

1 “They have greatly oppressed me from my youth,”

let Israel say;

2 “they have greatly oppressed me from my youth,

but they have not gained the victory over me.

3 Plowmen have plowed my back

and made their furrows long.

4 But theLordis righteous;

he has cut me free from the cords of the wicked.”

5 May all who hate Zion

be turned back in shame.

6 May they be like grass on the roof,

which withers before it can grow;

7 a reaper cannot fill his hands with it,

nor one who gathers fill his arms.

8 May those who pass by not say to them,

“The blessing of theLordbe on you;

we bless you in the name of theLord.”

—https://api-cdn.youversionapi.com/audio-bible-youversionapi/3/32k/PSA/129-c438c186fad334e7e74c41edd96ec14a.mp3?version_id=111—