Psalms 123; Psalms 124; Psalms 125

1 Lord, I look upward to you, you who live in heaven.

2 Slaves depend on their masters, and a female servant depends on her mistress. In the same way, we depend on the Lord our God; we wait for him to show us mercy.

3 Have mercy on us, Lord. Have mercy on us, because we have been insulted.

4 We have suffered many insults from lazy people and much cruelty from the proud. A song for going up to worship. Of David.

1 What if the Lord had not been on our side? (Let Israel repeat this.)

2 What if the Lord had not been on our side when we were attacked?

3 When they were angry with us, they would have swallowed us alive.

4 They would have been like a flood drowning us; they would have poured over us like a river.

5 They would have swept us away like a mighty stream.

6 Praise the Lord, who did not let them chew us up.

7 We escaped like a bird from the hunter's trap. The trap broke, and we escaped.

8 Our help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth. A song for going up to worship.

1 Those who trust the Lord are like Mount Zion, which sits unmoved forever.

2 As the mountains surround Jerusalem, the Lord surrounds his people now and forever.

3 The wicked will not rule over those who do right. If they did, the people who do right might use their power to do evil.

4 Lord, be good to those who are good, whose hearts are honest.

5 But, Lord, when you remove those who do evil, also remove those who stop following you. Let there be peace in Israel. Lord, Bring Your People Back A song for going up to worship.