Psalm 120-123

New International Version

³ What will he do to you,
    and what more besides,
    you deceitful tongue?
⁴ He will punish you with a warrior’s sharp arrows,^(E)
    with burning coals of the broom bush.

⁵ Woe to me that I dwell in Meshek,
    that I live among the tents of Kedar!^(F)
6 Too long have I lived
    among those who hate peace.
⁷ I am for peace;
    but when I speak, they are for war.

³ He will not let your foot slip—
    he who watches over you will not slumber;
⁴ indeed, he who watches^(I) over Israel
    will neither slumber nor sleep.

⁵ The Lord watches over^(J) you—
    the Lord is your shade at your right hand;
⁶ the sun^(K) will not harm you by day,
    nor the moon by night.

⁷ The Lord will keep you from all harm^(L)—
    he will watch over your life;
⁸ the Lord will watch over your coming and going
    both now and forevermore.^(M)

³ Jerusalem is built like a city
    that is closely compacted together.
⁴ That is where the tribes go up—
    the tribes of the Lord—
to praise the name of the Lord
    according to the statute given to Israel.
⁵ There stand the thrones for judgment,
    the thrones of the house of David.

⁶ Pray for the peace of Jerusalem:
    “May those who love^(N) you be secure.
⁷ May there be peace^(O) within your walls
    and security within your citadels.^(P)”
⁸ For the sake of my family and friends,
    I will say, “Peace be within you.”
⁹ For the sake of the house of the Lord our God,
    I will seek your prosperity.^(Q)

³ Have mercy on us, Lord, have mercy on us,
    for we have endured no end of contempt.
⁴ We have endured no end
    of ridicule from the arrogant,
    of contempt from the proud.