Psalms 123; Psalms 124; Psalms 125

1 I lift my eyes to You, the One enthroned in heaven.

2 Like a servant's eyes on His master's hand, like a servant girl's eyes on her mistress's hand, so our eyes are on the Lord our God until He shows us favor.

3 Show us favor, Lord, show us favor, for we've had more than enough contempt.

4 We've had more than enough scorn from the arrogant [and] contempt from the proud.

1 If the Lord had not been on our side- let Israel say-

2 If the Lord had not been on our side when men attacked us,

3 then they would have swallowed us alive in their burning anger against us.

4 Then the waters would have engulfed us; the torrent would have swept over us;

5 the raging waters would have swept over us.

6 Praise the Lord, who has not let us be ripped apart by their teeth.

7 We have escaped like a bird from the hunter's net; the net is torn, and we have escaped.

8 Our help is in the name of the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth.

1 Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion. It cannot be shaken; it remains forever.

2 Jerusalem-the mountains surround her. And the Lord surrounds His people, both now and forever.

3 The scepter of the wicked will not remain over the land allotted to the righteous, so that the righteous will not apply their hands to injustice.

4 Do what is good, Lord, to the good, to those whose hearts are upright.

5 But as for those who turn aside to crooked ways, the Lord will banish them with the evildoers. Peace be with Israel.