PSALM 127
1 Unless the Lord builds the house, its builders labor in vain. Unless the Lord watches over the city, the watchmen stand guard in vain.
2 In vain you rise early and stay up late, toiling for food to eat- for he grants sleep to those he loves.
3 Sons are a heritage from the Lord , children a reward from him.
4 Like arrows in the hands of a warrior are sons born in one's youth.
5 Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them. They will not be put to shame when they contend with their enemies in the gate.
PSALM 128
1 Blessed are all who fear the Lord , who walk in his ways.
2 You will eat the fruit of your labor; blessings and prosperity will be yours.
3 Your wife will be like a fruitful vine within your house; your sons will be like olive shoots around your table.
4 Thus is the man blessed who fears the Lord .
5 May the Lord bless you from Zion all the days of your life; may you see the prosperity of Jerusalem,
6 and may you live to see your children's children. Peace be upon Israel.
PSALM 129
1 They have greatly oppressed me from my youth- let Israel say-
2 they have greatly oppressed me from my youth, but they have not gained the victory over me.
3 Plowmen have plowed my back and made their furrows long.
4 But the Lord is righteous; he has cut me free from the cords of the wicked.
5 May all who hate Zion be turned back in shame.
6 May they be like grass on the roof, which withers before it can grow;
7 with it the reaper cannot fill his hands, nor the one who gathers fill his arms.
8 May those who pass by not say, 'The blessing of the Lord be upon you; we bless you in the name of the Lord .'
PSALM 130
1 Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord ;
2 O Lord, hear my voice. Let your ears be attentive to my cry for mercy.
3 If you, O Lord , kept a record of sins, O Lord, who could stand?
4 But with you there is forgiveness; therefore you are feared.
5 I wait for the Lord , my soul waits, and in his word I put my hope.
6 My soul waits for the Lord more than watchmen wait for the morning, more than watchmen wait for the morning.
7 O Israel, put your hope in the Lord , for with the Lord is unfailing love and with him is full redemption.
8 He himself will redeem Israel from all their sins.
PSALM 131
1 My heart is not proud, O Lord , my eyes are not haughty; I do not concern myself with great matters or things too wonderful for me.
2 But I have stilled and quieted my soul; like a weaned child with its mother, like a weaned child is my soul within me.
3 O Israel, put your hope in the Lord both now and forevermore.
PSALM 132
1 O Lord , remember David and all the hardships he endured.
2 He swore an oath to the Lord and made a vow to the Mighty One of Jacob:
3 'I will not enter my house or go to my bed-
4 I will allow no sleep to my eyes, no slumber to my eyelids,
5 till I find a place for the Lord , a dwelling for the Mighty One of Jacob.'
6 We heard it in Ephrathah, we came upon it in the fields of Jaar :
7 'Let us go to his dwelling place; let us worship at his footstool-
8 arise, O Lord , and come to your resting place, you and the ark of your might.
