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Looking for God’s Favor

A song of ascents.

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 theLordour 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.

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The Lord Is on Our Side

A Davidic song of ascents.

1 If theLordhad not been on our side —

let Israel say —

2 If theLordhad 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 theLord,

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 Yahweh,

the Maker of heaven and earth.

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Israel’s Stability

A song of ascents.

1 Those who trust in theLordare like Mount Zion.

It cannot be shaken; it remains forever.

2 Jerusalem — the mountains surround her.

And theLordsurrounds 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,

theLordwill banish them with the evildoers.

Peace be with Israel.

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Zion’s Restoration

A song of ascents.

1 When theLordrestored the fortunes of Zion,

we were like those who dream.

2 Our mouths were filled with laughter then,

and our tongues with shouts of joy.

Then they said among the nations,

“TheLordhas done great things for them.”

3 TheLordhad done great things for us;

we were joyful.

4 Restore our fortunes,Lord,

like watercourses in the Negev.

5 Those who sow in tears

will reap with shouts of joy.

6 Though one goes along weeping,

carrying the bag of seed,

he will surely come back with shouts of joy,

carrying his sheaves.

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The Blessing of the Lord

A Solomonic song of ascents.

1 Unless theLordbuilds a house,

its builders labor over it in vain;

unless theLordwatches over a city,

the watchman stays alert in vain.

2 In vain you get up early and stay up late,

working hard to have enough food —

yes, He gives sleep to the one He loves.

3 Sons are indeed a heritage from theLord,

children, a reward.

4 Like arrows in the hand of a warrior

are the sons born in one’s youth.

5 Happy is the man who has filled his quiver with them.

Such men will never be put to shame

when they speak with their enemies at the city gate.

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Blessings for Those Who Fear God

A song of ascents.

1 How happy is everyone who fears theLord,

who walks in His ways!

2 You will surely eat

what your hands have worked for.

You will be happy,

and it will go well for you.

3 Your wife will be like a fruitful vine

within your house,

your sons, like young olive trees

around your table.

4 In this very way

the man who fears theLord

will be blessed.

5 May theLordbless you from Zion,

so that you will see the prosperity of Jerusalem

all the days of your life

6 and will see your children’s children!

Peace be with Israel.

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Protection of the Oppressed

A song of ascents.

1 Since my youth they have often attacked me —

let Israel say —

2 Since my youth they have often attacked me,

but they have not prevailed against me.

3 Plowmen plowed over my back;

they made their furrows long.

4 TheLordis righteous;

He has cut the ropes of the wicked.

5 Let all who hate Zion

be driven back in disgrace.

6 Let them be like grass on the rooftops,

which withers before it grows up

7 and can’t even fill the hands of the reaper

or the arms of the one who binds sheaves.

8 Then none who pass by will say,

“May theLord’s blessing be on you.”

We bless you in the name of Yahweh.

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Awaiting Redemption

A song of ascents.

1 Out of the depths I call to You, Yahweh!

2 Lord, listen to my voice;

let Your ears be attentive

to my cry for help.

3 Yahweh, if You considered sins,

Lord, who could stand?

4 But with You there is forgiveness,

so that You may be revered.

5 I wait for Yahweh; I wait

and put my hope in His word.

6 I wait for the Lord

more than watchmen for the morning —

more than watchmen for the morning.

7 Israel, put your hope in theLord.

For there is faithful love with theLord,

and with Him is redemption in abundance.

8 And He will redeem Israel

from all its sins.

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A Childlike Spirit

A Davidic song of ascents.

1 Lord, my heart is not proud;

my eyes are not haughty.

I do not get involved with things

too great or too difficult for me.

2 Instead, I have calmed and quieted myself

like a little weaned child with its mother;

I am like a little child.

3 Israel, put your hope in theLord,

both now and forever.

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David and Zion Chosen

A song of ascents.

1 Lord, remember David

and all the hardships he endured,

2 and how he swore an oath to theLord,

making a vow to the Mighty One of Jacob:

3 “I will not enter my house

or get into my bed,

4 I will not allow my eyes to sleep

or my eyelids to slumber

5 until I find a place for theLord,

a dwelling for the Mighty One of Jacob.”

6 We heard of the ark in Ephrathah;

we found it in the fields of Jaar.

7 Let us go to His dwelling place;

let us worship at His footstool.

8 Rise up,Lord, come to Your resting place,

You and Your powerful ark.

9 May Your priests be clothed with righteousness,

and may Your godly people shout for joy.

10 Because of Your servant David,

do not reject Your anointed one.

11 TheLordswore an oath to David,

a promise He will not abandon:

“I will set one of your descendants

on your throne.

12 If your sons keep My covenant

and My decrees that I will teach them,

their sons will also sit on your throne forever.”

13 For theLordhas chosen Zion;

He has desired it for His home:

14 “This is My resting place forever;

I will make My home here

because I have desired it.

15 I will abundantly bless its food;

I will satisfy its needy with bread.

16 I will clothe its priests with salvation,

and its godly people will shout for joy.

17 There I will make a horn grow for David;

I have prepared a lamp for My anointed one.

18 I will clothe his enemies with shame,

but the crown he wearswill be glorious.”

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