Psalms 120; Psalms 121; Psalms 122

1 (119-1) In my trouble I cried to the Lord: and he heard me.

2 (119-2) O Lord, deliver my soul from wicked lips, and a deceitful tongue.

3 (119-3) What shall be given to thee, or what shall be added to thee, to a deceitful tongue?

4 (119-4) The sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals that lay waste.

5 (119-5) Woe is me, that my sojourning is prolonged! I have dwelt with the inhabitants of Cedar:

6 (119-6) My soul hath been long a sojourner.

7 (119-7) With them that hated peace I was peaceable: when I spoke to them they fought against me without cause.

1 (120-1) I have lifted up my eyes to the mountains, from whence help shall come to me.

2 (120-2) My help is from the Lord, who made heaven and earth.

3 (120-3) May he not suffer thy foot to be moved: neither let him slumber that keepeth thee.

4 (120-4) Behold he shall neither slumber nor sleep, that keepeth Israel.

5 (120-5) The Lord is thy keeper, the Lord is thy protection upon thy right hand.

6 (120-6) The sun shall not burn thee by day: nor the moon by night.

7 (120-7) The Lord keepeth thee from all evil: may the Lord keep thy soul.

8 (120-8) May the Lord keep thy coming in and thy going out; from henceforth now and for ever.

1 (121-1) <A gradual canticle.>

2 (121-1) (121-2) Our feet were standing in thy courts, O Jerusalem.

3 (121-3) Jerusalem, which is built as a city, which is compact together.

4 (121-4) For thither did the tribes go up, the tribes of the Lord: the testimony of Israel, to praise the name of the Lord.

5 (121-5) Because their seats have sat in judgment, seats upon the house of David.

6 (121-6) Pray ye for the things that are for the peace of Jerusalem: and abundance for them that love thee.

7 (121-7) Let peace be in thy strength: and abundance in thy towers.

8 (121-8) For the sake of my brethren, and of my neighbours, I spoke peace of thee.

9 (121-9) Because of the house of the Lord our God, I have sought good things for thee.