Psalm 121-123

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My Help Comes from the Lord

A Song of ^(A)Ascents.

121 I ^(B)lift up my eyes to ^(C)the hills.
From where does my help come?
²^(D)My help comes from the Lord,
who ^(E)made heaven and earth.

³He will not ^(F)let your foot be moved;
he who ^(G)keeps you will not slumber.
⁴Behold, he who keeps Israel
will neither slumber nor sleep.

⁵The Lord is your keeper;
the Lord is your ^(H)shade on your ^(I)right hand.
⁶^(J)The sun shall not ^(K)strike you by day,
nor the moon by night.

⁷The Lord will ^(L)keep you from all evil;
    he will ^(M)keep your life.
⁸The Lord will keep
    your ^(N)going out and your coming in
    from this time forth and forevermore.

Let Us Go to the House of the Lord

A Song of ^(O)Ascents. Of David.

122 I was glad when they said to me,
^(P)“Let us go to the house of the Lord!”
²Our feet have been standing
within your gates, O Jerusalem!

³Jerusalem—^(Q)built as a city
    that is ^(R)bound firmly together,
⁴to which the tribes ^(S)go up,
    the tribes of the Lord,
as was ^(T)decreed for^[a] Israel,
    to give thanks to the name of the Lord.
⁵There ^(U)thrones for judgment were set,
    the thrones of the house of David.

⁶^(V)Pray for the peace of Jerusalem!
    “May they be secure who love you!
⁷Peace be within your ^(W)walls
    and security within your ^(X)towers!”
⁸For my brothers and companions' sake
    I will say, ^(Y)“Peace be within you!”
⁹For the sake of the house of the Lord our God,
    I will ^(Z)seek your good.

Our Eyes Look to the Lord Our God

A Song of ^(AA)Ascents.

123 To you I ^(AB)lift up my eyes,
    O you who are ^(AC)enthroned in the heavens!
²Behold, as the eyes of servants
    look to the hand of their master,
as the eyes of a maidservant
    to the hand of her mistress,
so our eyes look to the Lord our God,
    till he has mercy upon us.

³^(AD)Have mercy upon us, O Lord, have mercy upon us,
    for we have had more than enough of ^(AE)contempt.
⁴Our soul has had more than enough
    of ^(AF)the scorn of ^(AG)those who are at ease,
    of the contempt of ^(AH)the proud.