3 He will not let your foot slip- he who watches over you will not slumber;
4 indeed, he who watches over Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.
5 The Lord watches over you- the Lord is your shade at your right hand;
6 the sun will not harm you by day, nor the moon by night.
7 The Lord will keep you from all harm- he will watch over your life;
8 the Lord will watch over your coming and going both now and forevermore.
PSALM 122
1 I rejoiced with those who said to me, 'Let us go to the house of the Lord .'
2 Our feet are standing in your gates, O Jerusalem.
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 the thrones for judgment stand, the thrones of the house of David.
6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: 'May those who love you be secure.
7 May there be peace within your walls and security within your citadels.'
8 For the sake of my brothers 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.
PSALM 123
1 I lift up my eyes to you, to you whose throne is in heaven.
2 As the eyes of slaves look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maid look to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes look to the Lord our God, till he shows us his mercy.
3 Have mercy on us, O Lord , have mercy on us, for we have endured much contempt.
4 We have endured much ridicule from the proud, much contempt from the arrogant.
PSALM 124
1 If the Lord had not been on our side- let Israel say-
2 if the Lord had not been on our side when men attacked us,
3 when their anger flared against us, they would have swallowed us alive;
4 the flood would have engulfed us, the torrent would have swept over us,
5 the raging waters would have swept us away.
6 Praise be to the Lord , who has not let us be torn by their teeth.
7 We have escaped like a bird out of the fowler's snare; the snare has been broken, and we have escaped.
8 Our help is in the name of the Lord , the Maker of heaven and earth.
PSALM 125
1 Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion, which cannot be shaken but endures forever.
2 As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the Lord surrounds his people both now and forevermore.
3 The scepter of the wicked will not remain over the land allotted to the righteous, for then the righteous might use their hands to do evil.
4 Do good, O Lord , to those who are good, to those who are upright in heart.
5 But those who turn to crooked ways the Lord will banish with the evildoers. Peace be upon Israel.
PSALM 126
1 When the Lord brought back the captives to Zion, we were like men who dreamed.
2 Our mouths were filled with laughter, our tongues with songs of joy. Then it was said among the nations, 'The Lord has done great things for them.'
3 The Lord has done great things for us, and we are filled with joy.
4 Restore our fortunes, O Lord , like streams in the Negev.
5 Those who sow in tears will reap with songs of joy.
6 He who goes out weeping, carrying seed to sow, will return with songs of joy, carrying sheaves with him.
