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¹I cried to the LORD in my trouble, And He answered me.

²Rescue my soul, LORD, from lying lips, From a deceitful tongue.

³What will He give to you, and what more will He do to you, You deceitful tongue?

⁴Sharp arrows of the warrior, With the burning coals of the broom tree!

⁵Woe to me, for I reside in Meshech, For I have settled among the tents of Kedar!

⁶Too long has my soul had its dwelling With those who hate peace.

⁷I am for peace, but when I speak, They are for war.

¹I will raise my eyes to the mountains; From where will my help come?

²My help comes from the LORD, Who made heaven and earth.

³He will not allow your foot to slip; He who watches over you will not slumber.

⁴Behold, He who watches over Israel Will neither slumber nor sleep.

⁵The LORD is your protector; The LORD is your shade on your right hand.

⁶The sun will not beat down on you by day, Nor the moon by night.

⁷The LORD will protect you from all evil; He will keep your soul.

⁸The LORD will guard your going out and your coming in From this time and forever.

¹I was glad when they said to me, “Let’s go to the house of the LORD.”

²Our feet are standing Within your gates, Jerusalem,

³Jerusalem, that has been built As a city that is firmly joined together;

⁴To which the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD— An ordinance for Israel— To give thanks to the name of the LORD.

⁵For thrones were set there for judgment, The thrones of the house of David.

⁶Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: “May they prosper who love you.

⁷May peace be within your walls, And prosperity within your palaces.”

⁸For the sake of my brothers and my friends, I will now say, “May peace be within you.”

⁹For the sake of the house of the LORD our God, I will seek your good.

¹To You I have raised my eyes, You who are enthroned in the heavens!

²Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, As the eyes of a female servant to the hand of her mistress, So our eyes look to the LORD our God, Until He is gracious to us.

³Be gracious to us, LORD, be gracious to us, For we have had much more than enough of contempt.

⁴Our soul has had much more than enough Of the scoffing of those who are at ease, And with the contempt of the proud.

¹“Had it not been the LORD who was on our side,” Let Israel say,

²“Had it not been the LORD who was on our side When people rose up against us,

³Then they would have swallowed us alive, When their anger was kindled against us;

⁴Then the waters would have flooded over us, The stream would have swept over our souls;

⁵Then the raging waters would have swept over our souls.”

⁶Blessed be the LORD, Who has not given us to be torn by their teeth.

⁷Our souls have escaped like a bird from the trapper’s snare; The snare is broken and we have escaped.

⁸Our help is in the name of the LORD, Who made heaven and earth.

¹Those who trust in the LORD Are like Mount Zion, which cannot be moved but remains forever.

²As the mountains surround Jerusalem, So the LORD surrounds His people From this time and forever.

³For the scepter of wickedness will not rest upon the land of the righteous, So that the righteous will not extend their hands to do wrong.

⁴Do good, LORD, to those who are good And to those who are upright in their hearts.

⁵But as for those who turn aside to their crooked ways, The LORD will lead them away with those who practice injustice. Peace be upon Israel.

¹When the LORD brought back the captives of Zion, We were like those who dream.

²Then our mouth was filled with laughter And our tongue with joyful shouting; Then they said among the nations, “The LORD has done great things for them.”

³The LORD has done great things for us; We are joyful.

⁴Restore our fortunes, LORD, As the streams in the South.

⁵Those who sow in tears shall harvest with joyful shouting.

⁶One who goes here and there weeping, carrying his bag of seed, Shall indeed come again with a shout of joy, bringing his sheaves with him.

¹Unless the LORD builds a house, They who build it labor in vain; Unless the LORD guards a city, The watchman stays awake in vain.

²It is futile for you to rise up early, To stay up late, To eat the bread of painful labor; This is how He gives to His beloved sleep.

³Behold, children are a gift of the LORD, The fruit of the womb is a reward.

⁴Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, So are the children of one’s youth.

⁵Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them; They will not be ashamed When they speak with their enemies in the gate.

¹Blessed is everyone who fears the LORD, Who walks in His ways.

²When you eat the fruit of the labor of your hands, You will be happy and it will go well for you.

³Your wife will be like a fruitful vine Within your house, Your children like olive plants Around your table.

⁴Behold, for so shall a man Who fears the LORD be blessed.

⁵The LORD bless you from Zion, And may you see the prosperity of Jerusalem all the days of your life.

⁶Indeed, may you see your children’s children. Peace be upon Israel!

¹“Many times they have attacked me from my youth up,” Let Israel say,

²“Many times they have attacked me from my youth up; Yet they have not prevailed against me.

³The plowers plowed upon my back; They lengthened their furrows.”

⁴The LORD is righteous; He has cut up the ropes of the wicked.

⁵May all who hate Zion Be put to shame and turned backward;

⁶May they be like grass upon the housetops, Which withers before it grows up;

⁷With which the harvester does not fill his hand, Or the binder of sheaves his arms;

⁸Nor do those who pass by say, “The blessing of the LORD be upon you; We bless you in the name of the LORD.”

¹Out of the depths I have cried to You, LORD.

²Lord, hear my voice! Let Your ears be attentive To the sound of my pleadings.

³If You, LORD, were to keep account of guilty deeds, Lord, who could stand?

⁴But there is forgiveness with You, So that You may be revered.

⁵I wait for the LORD, my soul waits, And I wait for His word.

⁶My soul waits in hope for the Lord More than the watchmen for the morning; Yes, more than the watchmen for the morning.

⁷Israel, wait for the LORD; For with the LORD there is mercy, And with Him is abundant redemption.

⁸And He will redeem Israel From all his guilty deeds.

¹LORD, my heart is not proud, nor my eyes arrogant; Nor do I involve myself in great matters, Or in things too difficult for me.

²I have certainly soothed and quieted my soul; Like a weaned child resting against his mother, My soul within me is like a weaned child.

³Israel, wait for the LORD From this time on and forever.

¹Remember, LORD, in David’s behalf, All his affliction;

²How he swore to the LORD And vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob,

³“I certainly will not enter my house, Nor lie on my bed;

⁴I will not give sleep to my eyes Or slumber to my eyelids,

⁵Until I find a place for the LORD, A dwelling place for the Mighty One of Jacob.”

⁶Behold, we heard about it in Ephrathah, We found it in the field of Jaar.

⁷Let’s go into His dwelling place; Let’s worship at His footstool.

⁸Arise, LORD, to Your resting place, You and the ark of Your strength.

⁹May Your priests be clothed with righteousness, And may Your godly ones sing for joy.

¹⁰For the sake of Your servant David, Do not turn away the face of Your anointed.

¹¹The LORD has sworn to David A truth from which He will not turn back: “I will set upon your throne one from the fruit of your body.

¹²If your sons will keep My covenant And My testimony which I will teach them, Their sons also will sit upon your throne forever.”

¹³For the LORD has chosen Zion; He has desired it as His dwelling place.

¹⁴“This is My resting place forever; Here I will dwell, for I have desired it.

¹⁵I will abundantly bless her food; I will satisfy her needy with bread.

¹⁶I will also clothe her priests with salvation, And her godly ones will sing aloud for joy.

¹⁷I will make the horn of David spring forth there; I have prepared a lamp for My anointed.

¹⁸I will clothe his enemies with shame, But upon himself his crown will gleam.”

¹Behold, how good and how pleasant it is For brothers to live together in unity!

²It is like the precious oil on the head, Running down upon the beard, As on Aaron’s beard, The oil which ran down upon the edge of his robes.

³It is like the dew of Hermon Coming down upon the mountains of Zion; For the LORD commanded the blessing there—life forever.