Category: Psalms

The Lord Our Protector

A song of ascents.

1 I lift my eyes toward the mountains.

Where will my help come from?

2 My help comes from theLord,

the Maker of heaven and earth.

3 He will not allow your foot to slip;

your Protector will not slumber.

4 Indeed, the Protector of Israel

does not slumber or sleep.

5 TheLordprotects you;

theLordis a shelter right by your side.

6 The sun will not strike you by day

or the moon by night.

7 TheLordwill protect you from all harm;

He will protect your life.

8 TheLordwill protect your coming and going

both now and forever.

—https://api-cdn.youversionapi.com/audio-bible-youversionapi/17/32k/PSA/121-ae093f25880bb095cda1f498f709154b.mp3?version_id=72—

A Prayer for Jerusalem

A Davidic song of ascents.

1 I rejoiced with those who said to me,

“Let us go to the house of theLord.”

2 Our feet are standing

within your gates, Jerusalem—

3 Jerusalem, built as a city should be,

solidly joined together,

4 where the tribes, Yahweh’s tribes, go up

to give thanks to the name of Yahweh.

(This is an ordinance for Israel.)

5 There, thrones for judgment are placed,

thrones of the house of David.

6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem:

“May those who love you prosper;

7 may there be peace within your walls,

prosperity within your fortresses.”

8 Because of my brothers and friends,

I will say, “Peace be with you.”

9 Because of the house of theLordour God,

I will seek your good.

—https://api-cdn.youversionapi.com/audio-bible-youversionapi/17/32k/PSA/122-ebe53b1fed9ef8202f5cf515adf98cff.mp3?version_id=72—

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.

—https://api-cdn.youversionapi.com/audio-bible-youversionapi/17/32k/PSA/123-d0fd9fbf0f095e2ea85dc0dd5742f339.mp3?version_id=72—

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.

—https://api-cdn.youversionapi.com/audio-bible-youversionapi/17/32k/PSA/124-3255dc484c179caf7dc6acea7ae74786.mp3?version_id=72—

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.

—https://api-cdn.youversionapi.com/audio-bible-youversionapi/17/32k/PSA/125-a04d3706f3f75ecea56146d1cc465e4c.mp3?version_id=72—

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.

—https://api-cdn.youversionapi.com/audio-bible-youversionapi/17/32k/PSA/126-84a8b0ab7f652803d008ba1bab92e423.mp3?version_id=72—

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.

—https://api-cdn.youversionapi.com/audio-bible-youversionapi/17/32k/PSA/127-69cb83bed0bb5f0896bbe2b77bb09ed6.mp3?version_id=72—

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.

—https://api-cdn.youversionapi.com/audio-bible-youversionapi/17/32k/PSA/128-0ed4165e7e3df52dcb9c9198f67aa922.mp3?version_id=72—

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.

—https://api-cdn.youversionapi.com/audio-bible-youversionapi/17/32k/PSA/129-639056b543e0b1866e133ca974a9de60.mp3?version_id=72—

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.

—https://api-cdn.youversionapi.com/audio-bible-youversionapi/17/32k/PSA/130-1ab150944467e88f32349809482486a8.mp3?version_id=72—