Bible Gateway passage: Psalm 120-122 - English Standard Version (2024)

Deliver Me, O Lord

A Song of ^(A)Ascents.

120In my distress I called to the Lord,
and he answered me.
²Deliver me, O Lord,
from lying lips,
from a deceitful tongue.

³What shall be given to you,
^(B)and what more shall be done to you,
you deceitful tongue?
^4(C)A warrior's ^(D)sharp arrows,
with glowing ^(E)coals of the broom tree!

⁵Woe to me, that I sojourn in ^(F)Meshech,
that I dwell among ^(G)the tents of ^(H)Kedar!
⁶Too long have I had my dwelling
among those who hate peace.
^7(I)I am for peace,
but when I speak, they are for war!

My Help Comes from the Lord

A Song of ^(J)Ascents.

121I ^(K)lift up my eyes to ^(L)the hills.
From where does my help come?
^2(M)My help comes from the Lord,
who ^(N)made heaven and earth.

³He will not ^(O)let your foot be moved;
he who ^(P)keeps you will not slumber.
⁴Behold, he who keeps Israel
will neither slumber nor sleep.

⁵The Lord is your keeper;
the Lord is your ^(Q)shade on your ^(R)right hand.
^6(S)The sun shall not ^(T)strike you by day,
nor the moon by night.

⁷The Lord will ^(U)keep you from all evil;
he will ^(V)keep your life.
⁸The Lord will keep
your ^(W)going out and your coming in
from this time forth and forevermore.

Let Us Go to the House of the Lord

A Song of ^(X)Ascents. Of David.

122I was glad when they said to me,
^(Y)“Let us go to the house of the Lord!”
²Our feet have been standing
within your gates, O Jerusalem!

³Jerusalem—^(Z)built as a city
that is ^(AA)bound firmly together,
⁴to which the tribes ^(AB)go up,
the tribes of the Lord,
as was ^(AC)decreed for^[a] Israel,
to give thanks to the name of the Lord.
⁵There ^(AD)thrones for judgment were set,
the thrones of the house of David.

^6(AE)Pray for the peace of Jerusalem!
“May they be secure who love you!
⁷Peace be within your ^(AF)walls
and security within your ^(AG)towers!”
⁸For my brothers and companions' sake
I will say, ^(AH)“Peace be within you!”
⁹For the sake of the house of the Lord our God,
I will ^(AI)seek your good.