Psalm 120

New King James Version

Plea for Relief from Bitter Foes

A Song of Ascents.

120 In ^(A)my distress I cried to the Lord,
And He heard me.
²Deliver my soul, O Lord, from lying lips
And from a deceitful tongue.

³What shall be given to you,
Or what shall be done to you,
You false tongue?
⁴Sharp arrows of the ^[a]warrior,
With coals of the broom tree!

⁵Woe is me, that I dwell in ^(B)Meshech,
^(C)That I dwell among the tents of Kedar!
⁶My soul has dwelt too long
With one who hates peace.
⁷I am for peace;
But when I speak, they are for war.

Footnotes

Psalm 120:4 mighty one

Psalm 121

New King James Version

God the Help of Those Who Seek Him

A Song of Ascents.

121 I ^(A)will lift up my eyes to the hills—
From whence comes my help?
²^(B)My help comes from the Lord,
Who made heaven and earth.

³^(C)He will not allow your foot to ^[a]be moved;
^(D)He who keeps you will not slumber.
⁴Behold, He who keeps Israel
Shall neither slumber nor sleep.

⁵The Lord is your ^[b]keeper;
The Lord is ^(E)your shade ^(F)at your right hand.
⁶^(G)The sun shall not strike you by day,
Nor the moon by night.

⁷The Lord shall ^[c]preserve you from all evil;
He shall ^(H)preserve your soul.
⁸The Lord shall ^(I)preserve^[d] your going out and your coming in
From this time forth, and even forevermore.

Footnotes

Psalm 121:3 slip
Psalm 121:5 protector
Psalm 121:7 keep
Psalm 121:8 keep

Psalm 123

New King James Version

Prayer for Relief from Contempt

A Song of Ascents.

123 Unto You ^(A)I lift up my eyes,
O You ^(B)who dwell in the heavens.
²Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their masters,
As the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress,
^(C)So our eyes look to the Lord our God,
Until He has mercy on us.

³Have mercy on us, O Lord, have mercy on us!
For we are exceedingly filled with contempt.
⁴Our soul is exceedingly filled
With the scorn of those who are at ease,
With the contempt of the proud.