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Listen to Psalm 120-122
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.
Footnotes
- Psalm 122:4 Or as a testimony for
Cross references
- Psalm 120:1 : Ex. 34:24; 1 Kgs. 12:27; Isa. 30:29
- Psalm 120:3 : [1 Sam. 3:17]
- Psalm 120:4 : Ps. 127:4; Jer. 50:9
- Psalm 120:4 : Ps. 45:5
- Psalm 120:4 : Ps. 140:10; Prov. 25:22
- Psalm 120:5 : Gen. 10:2; Ezek. 27:13; 38:2, 3; 39:1
- Psalm 120:5 : Song 1:5
- Psalm 120:5 : Gen. 25:13; Isa. 60:7; Jer. 49:28; Ezek. 27:21
- Psalm 120:7 : [Ps. 109:4]
- Psalm 121:1 : [See Ps. 120, title]
- Psalm 121:1 : See Ps. 123:1
- Psalm 121:1 : Ps. 87:1; 133:3; Jer. 3:23; [Ps. 48:1]
- Psalm 121:2 : Ps. 124:8; [Ps. 20:2]
- Psalm 121:2 : See Ps. 115:15
- Psalm 121:3 : Ps. 66:9; Prov. 3:23, 26; [1 Sam. 2:9]
- Psalm 121:3 : Ps. 41:2; 127:1; [Isa. 27:3]; See Ps. 97:10
- Psalm 121:5 : Ps. 91:1
- Psalm 121:5 : See Ps. 16:8
- Psalm 121:6 : Isa. 49:10; Rev. 7:16
- Psalm 121:6 : 2 Kgs. 4:19; Jonah 4:8
- Psalm 121:7 : [See ver. 3 above]; Ps. 41:2; 127:1; [Isa. 27:3]; See Ps. 97:10
- Psalm 121:7 : [See ver. 3 above]; Ps. 41:2; 127:1; [Isa. 27:3]; See Ps. 97:10
- Psalm 121:8 : Deut. 28:6; 31:2; [Num. 27:17; 1 Sam. 29:6; 1 Kgs. 3:7; Acts 1:21]
- Psalm 122:1 : [See Ps. 120, title]
- Psalm 122:1 : Isa. 2:3; Mic. 4:2; Zech. 8:21
- Psalm 122:3 : Ps. 147:2
- Psalm 122:3 : Neh. 4:6
- Psalm 122:4 : Deut. 16:16
- Psalm 122:4 : Ps. 78:5
- Psalm 122:5 : Deut. 17:8; 2 Sam. 15:2; 1 Kgs. 3:16; 7:7; 2 Chr. 19:8
- Psalm 122:6 : [Ps. 51:18; Jer. 29:7]
- Psalm 122:7 : Ps. 48:13
- Psalm 122:7 : Ps. 48:13
- Psalm 122:8 : [1 Sam. 25:6; Ps. 85:8]
- Psalm 122:9 : Neh. 2:10; Esth. 10:3
English Standard Version (ESV)
The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright ©2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.
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