120:1 ¶ <<A Song of degrees.>> In my distress I cried
unto the LORD, and he heard me.
2 Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, and from a
deceitful tongue.
3 What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee,
thou false tongue?
4 Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.
5 ¶ Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in
the tents of Kedar!
6 My soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace.
7 I am for peace: but when I speak, they are for war.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
131:1 ¶ <<A Song of degrees of David.>> LORD, my heart
is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty: neither do I exercise myself in
great matters, or in things too high for me.
2 Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is
weaned of his mother: my soul is even as a weaned child.
3 Let Israel hope in the LORD from henceforth and for ever.
132:1 ¶ A Song of degrees. LORD, remember David, and all
his afflictions:
2 How he sware unto the LORD, and vowed unto the mighty God
of Jacob;
3 Surely I will not come into the tabernacle of my house, nor go up
into my bed;
4 I will not give sleep to mine eyes, or slumber to mine
eyelids,
5 Until I find out a place for the LORD, an habitation for the
mighty God of Jacob.
6 Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah: we found it in the fields of the
wood.
7 We will go into his tabernacles: we will worship at his
footstool.
8 Arise, O LORD, into thy rest; thou, and the ark of thy strength.
9 Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness; and let thy saints
shout for joy.
10 For thy servant David’s sake turn not away the face of thine
anointed.
11 ¶ The LORD hath sworn in truth unto David; he will not
turn from it; Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne.
12 If thy children will keep my covenant and my testimony that I
shall teach them, their children shall also sit upon thy throne for
evermore.
13 For the LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his
habitation.
14 This is my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have
desired it.
15 I will abundantly bless her provision: I will satisfy her poor
with bread.
16 I will also clothe her priests with salvation: and her saints
shall shout aloud for joy.
17 There will I make the horn of David to bud: I have ordained a
lamp for mine anointed.
18 His enemies will I clothe with shame: but upon himself shall his
crown flourish.
133:1 ¶ <<A Song of degrees of David.>> Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!
2 It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron’s beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments;
3 As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the LORD commanded the blessing, even life for evermore.
134:1 ¶ <<A Song of degrees.>> Behold, bless ye the LORD, all ye servants of the LORD, which by night stand in the house of the LORD.
2 Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and bless the LORD.
3 The LORD that made heaven and earth bless thee out of Zion.