114:1When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language, 114:2Judah was his sanctuary, Israel his dominion. 114:3The sea saw it and fled, the Jordan turned back; 114:4The mountains skipped like rams, the hills like lambs. 114:5What ailed thee, thou sea, that thou fleddest? thou Jordan, that thou turnedst back? 114:6Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams? ye hills, like lambs? 114:7Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob, 114:8Who turned the rock into a pool of water, the flint into a fountain of waters.
115:1Not unto us, O Jehovah, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy loving-kindness and for thy truth's sake. 115:2Wherefore should the nations say, Where then is their God? 115:3But our God is in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he pleased. 115:4Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands: 115:5They have a mouth, and they speak not; eyes have they, and they see not; 115:6They have ears, and they hear not; a nose have they, and they smell not; 115:7They have hands, and they handle not; feet have they, and they walk not; they give no sound through their throat. 115:8They that make them are like unto them, every one that confideth in them. 115:9O Israel, confide thou in Jehovah: he is their help and their shield. 115:10House of Aaron, confide in Jehovah: he is their help and their shield. 115:11Ye that fear Jehovah, confide in Jehovah: he is their help and their shield. 115:12Jehovah hath been mindful of us: he will bless, he will bless the house of Israel; he will bless the house of Aaron; 115:13He will bless them that fear Jehovah, both the small and the great. 115:14Jehovah will add unto you more, unto you and unto your children. 115:15Ye are blessed of Jehovah, who made the heavens and the earth. 115:16The heavens are the heavens of Jehovah, but the earth hath he given to the children of men. 115:17The dead praise not Jah, neither any that go down into silence; 115:18But *we* will bless Jah from this time forth and for evermore. Hallelujah!
116:1I love Jehovah, for he hath heard my voice [and] my supplications; 116:2For he hath inclined his ear unto me, and I will call upon him during [all] my days. 116:3The bands of death encompassed me, and the anguish of Sheol took hold of me; I found trouble and sorrow: 116:4Then called I upon the name of Jehovah: I beseech thee, Jehovah, deliver my soul. 116:5Gracious is Jehovah and righteous; and our God is merciful. 116:6Jehovah keepeth the simple: I was brought low, and he saved me. 116:7Return unto thy rest, O my soul; for Jehovah hath dealt bountifully with thee. 116:8For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, my feet from falling. 116:9I will walk before Jehovah in the land of the living. 116:10I believed, therefore have I spoken. As for me, I was greatly afflicted. 116:11I said in my haste, All men are liars. 116:12What shall I render unto Jehovah, [for] all his benefits toward me? 116:13I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of Jehovah. 116:14I will perform my vows unto Jehovah, yea, before all his people. 116:15Precious in the sight of Jehovah is the death of his saints. 116:16Yea, Jehovah! for I am thy servant; I am thy servant, the son of thy handmaid: thou hast loosed my bonds. 116:17I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call upon the name of Jehovah. 116:18I will perform my vows unto Jehovah, yea, before all his people, 116:19In the courts of Jehovah's house, in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem. Hallelujah!
117:1Praise Jehovah, all ye nations; laud him, all ye peoples; 117:2For his loving-kindness is great toward us, and the truth of Jehovah [endureth] for ever. Hallelujah!
118:1Give ye thanks unto Jehovah; for he is good; for his loving-kindness [endureth] for ever. 118:2Oh let Israel say, that his loving-kindness [endureth] for ever. 118:3Oh let the house of Aaron say, that his loving-kindness [endureth] for ever. 118:4Oh let them that fear Jehovah say, that his loving-kindness [endureth] for ever. 118:5I called upon Jah in distress; Jah answered me [and set me] in a large place. 118:6Jehovah is for me, I will not fear; what can man do unto me? 118:7Jehovah is for me among them that help me; and I shall see [my desire] upon them that hate me. 118:8It is better to trust in Jehovah than to put confidence in man; 118:9It is better to trust in Jehovah than to put confidence in nobles. 118:10All nations encompassed me; but in the name of Jehovah have I destroyed them. 118:11They encompassed me, yea, encompassed me; but in the name of Jehovah have I destroyed them. 118:12They encompassed me like bees; they are quenched as the fire of thorns: for in the name of Jehovah have I destroyed them. 118:13Thou hast thrust hard at me that I might fall; but Jehovah helped me. 118:14My strength and song is Jah, and he is become my salvation. 118:15The voice of triumph and salvation is in the tents of the righteous: the right hand of Jehovah doeth valiantly; 118:16The right hand of Jehovah is exalted, the right hand of Jehovah doeth valiantly. 118:17I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of Jah. 118:18Jah hath chastened me sore; but he hath not given me over unto death. 118:19Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will enter into them; Jah will I praise. 118:20This is the gate of Jehovah: the righteous shall enter therein. 118:21I will give thee thanks, for thou hast answered me, and art become my salvation. 118:22[The] stone which the builders rejected hath become the head of the corner: 118:23This is of Jehovah; it is wonderful in our eyes. 118:24This is the day that Jehovah hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it. 118:25Oh save, Jehovah, I beseech thee; Jehovah, I beseech thee, oh send prosperity! 118:26Blessed be he that cometh in the name of Jehovah. We have blessed you out of the house of Jehovah. 118:27Jehovah is God, and he hath given us light: bind the sacrifice with cords, up to the horns of the altar. 118:28Thou art my God, and I will give thee thanks; my God, I will exalt thee. 118:29Give ye thanks unto Jehovah; for he is good; for his loving-kindness [endureth] for ever.
119:1ALEPH. Blessed are the perfect in the way, who walk in the law of Jehovah. 119:2Blessed are they that observe his testimonies, that seek him with the whole heart; 119:3Who also do no unrighteousness: they walk in his ways. 119:4Thou hast enjoined thy precepts, to be kept diligently. 119:5Oh that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes! 119:6Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments. 119:7I will give thee thanks with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned thy righteous judgments. 119:8I will keep thy statutes: forsake me not utterly. 119:9BETH. Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his path? by taking heed according to thy word. 119:10With my whole heart have I sought thee: let me not wander from thy commandments. 119:11Thy word have I hid in my heart, that I might not sin against thee. 119:12Blessed art thou, Jehovah! teach me thy statutes. 119:13With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth. 119:14I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as [much as] in all wealth. 119:15I will meditate upon thy precepts, and have respect unto thy paths. 119:16I delight myself in thy statutes; I will not forget thy word. 119:17GIMEL. Deal bountifully with thy servant [and] I shall live; and I will keep thy word. 119:18Open mine eyes, and I shall behold wondrous things out of thy law. 119:19I am a stranger in the land; hide not thy commandments from me. 119:20My soul breaketh for longing after thy judgments at all times. 119:21Thou hast rebuked the proud [that are] cursed, who wander from thy commandments. 119:22Roll off from me reproach and contempt; for I observe thy testimonies. 119:23Princes also did sit [and] talk together against me: thy servant doth meditate in thy statutes. 119:24Thy testimonies also are my delight [and] my counsellors. 119:25DALETH. My soul cleaveth unto the dust: quicken me according to thy word. 119:26I have declared my ways, and thou hast answered me: teach me thy statutes. 119:27Make me to understand the way of thy precepts, and I will meditate upon thy wondrous works. 119:28My soul melteth for sadness: strengthen me according to thy word. 119:29Remove from me the way of falsehood, and graciously grant me thy law. 119:30I have chosen the way of faithfulness; thy judgments have I set [before me]. 119:31I cleave unto thy testimonies; Jehovah, let me not be ashamed. 119:32I will run the way of thy commandments when thou shalt enlarge my heart. 119:33HE. Teach me, O Jehovah, the way of thy statutes, and I will observe it [unto] the end. 119:34Give me understanding, and I will observe thy law; and I will keep it with [my] whole heart. 119:35Make me to walk in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I delight. 119:36Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to gain. 119:37Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; quicken me in thy way. 119:38Establish thy word unto thy servant, who is [devoted] to thy fear. 119:39Turn away my reproach which I fear; for thy judgments are good. 119:40Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness. 119:41VAU. And let thy loving-kindness come unto me, O Jehovah, thy salvation according to thy word. 119:42So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me; for I confide in thy word. 119:43And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; because I have hoped in thy judgments. 119:44Then will I keep thy law continually, for ever and ever; 119:45And I will walk at liberty, for I have sought thy precepts; 119:46And I will speak of thy testimonies before kings, and will not be ashamed; 119:47And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved; 119:48And I will lift up my hands unto thy commandments, which I have loved, and I will meditate in thy statutes. 119:49ZAIN. Remember the word for thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me to hope. 119:50This is my comfort in mine affliction; for thy word hath quickened me. 119:51The proud have derided me beyond measure: I have not declined from thy law. 119:52I remembered thy judgments of old, O Jehovah, and have comforted myself. 119:53Burning indignation hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked who forsake thy law. 119:54Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage. 119:55I have remembered thy name, O Jehovah, in the night, and have kept thy law. 119:56This I have had, because I have observed thy precepts. 119:57CHETH. My portion, O Jehovah, I have said, is to keep thy words. 119:58I have sought thy favour with [my] whole heart: be gracious unto me according to thy word. 119:59I have thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies. 119:60I have made haste, and not delayed, to keep thy commandments. 119:61The bands of the wicked have wrapped me round: I have not forgotten thy law. 119:62At midnight I rise up to give thanks unto thee, because of thy righteous judgments. 119:63I am the companion of all that fear thee, and of them that keep thy precepts. 119:64The earth, O Jehovah, is full of thy loving-kindness: teach me thy statutes. 119:65TETH. Thou hast dealt well with thy servant, O Jehovah, according to thy word. 119:66Teach me good discernment and knowledge; for I have believed in thy commandments. 119:67Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now I keep thy word. 119:68Thou art good, and doest good; teach me thy statutes. 119:69The proud have forged falsehood against me: I will observe thy precepts with [my] whole heart. 119:70Their heart is as fat as grease: as for me, I delight in thy law. 119:71It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I might learn thy statutes. 119:72The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver. 119:73YOD. Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, and I will learn thy commandments. 119:74They that fear thee will see me, and rejoice; because I have hoped in thy word. 119:75I know, Jehovah, that thy Judgments are righteousness, and that in faithfulness thou hast afflicted me. 119:76Oh let thy loving-kindness be for my comfort, according to thy word unto thy servant. 119:77Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live; for thy law is my delight. 119:78Let the proud be ashamed; for they have acted perversely towards me with falsehood: as for me, I meditate in thy precepts. 119:79Let those that fear thee turn unto me, and those that know thy testimonies. 119:80Let my heart be perfect in thy statutes, that I be not ashamed. 119:81CAPH. My soul fainteth for thy salvation; I hope in thy word. 119:82Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me? 119:83For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; I do not forget thy statutes. 119:84How many shall be the days of thy servant? when wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me? 119:85The proud have digged pits for me, which is not according to thy law. 119:86All thy commandments are faithfulness. They persecute me wrongfully: help thou me. 119:87They had almost consumed me upon the earth; but as for me, I forsook not thy precepts. 119:88Quicken me according to thy loving-kindness, and I will keep the testimony of thy mouth. 119:89LAMED. For ever, O Jehovah, thy word is settled in the heavens. 119:90Thy faithfulness is from generation to generation: thou hast established the earth, and it standeth. 119:91By thine ordinances they stand this day; for all things are thy servants. 119:92Unless thy law had been my delight, I should then have perished in mine affliction. 119:93I will never forget thy precepts; for by them thou hast quickened me. 119:94I am thine, save me; for I have sought thy precepts. 119:95The wicked have awaited me to destroy me; [but] I attend unto thy testimonies. 119:96I have seen an end of all perfection: thy commandment is exceeding broad. 119:97MEM. Oh how I love thy law! it is my meditation all the day. 119:98Thy commandments make me wiser than mine enemies; for they are ever with me. 119:99I have more understanding than all my teachers; for thy testimonies are my meditation. 119:100I understand more than the aged, because I have observed thy precepts. 119:101I have refrained my feet from every evil path, that I might keep thy word. 119:102I have not departed from thy judgments; for it is thou that hast taught me. 119:103How sweet are thy words unto my taste! more than honey to my mouth! 119:104From thy precepts I get understanding; therefore I hate every false path. 119:105NUN. Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. 119:106I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep thy righteous judgments. 119:107I am afflicted very much; O Jehovah, quicken me according to thy word. 119:108Accept, I beseech thee, Jehovah, the voluntary-offerings of my mouth, and teach me thy judgments. 119:109My life is continually in my hand; but I do not forget thy law. 119:110The wicked have laid a snare for me; but I have not wandered from thy precepts. 119:111Thy testimonies have I taken as a heritage for ever; for they are the rejoicing of my heart. 119:112I have inclined my heart to perform thy statutes for ever, unto the end. 119:113SAMECH. The double-minded have I hated; but thy law do I love. 119:114Thou art my hiding-place and my shield: I hope in thy word. 119:115Depart from me, ye evil-doers; and I will observe the commandments of my God. 119:116Uphold me according to thy word, that I may live; and let me not be ashamed of my hope. 119:117Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe; and I will have respect unto thy statutes continually. 119:118Thou hast set at nought all them that wander from thy statutes; for their deceit is falsehood. 119:119Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth [like] dross; therefore I love thy testimonies. 119:120My flesh shuddereth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments. 119:121AIN. I have done judgment and justice: leave me not to mine oppressors. 119:122Be surety for thy servant for good; let not the proud oppress me. 119:123Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, and for the word of thy righteousness. 119:124Deal with thy servant according to thy loving-kindness, and teach me thy statutes. 119:125I am thy servant; give me understanding that I may know thy testimonies. 119:126It is time for Jehovah to work: they have made void thy law. 119:127Therefore I love thy commandments above gold, yea, above fine gold. 119:128Therefore I regard all [thy] precepts concerning all things to be right: I hate every false path. 119:129PE. Thy testimonies are wonderful; therefore doth my soul observe them. 119:130The entrance of thy words giveth light, giving understanding unto the simple. 119:131I opened my mouth wide and panted; for I longed for thy commandments. 119:132Turn unto me, and be gracious unto me, as thou art wont to do unto those that love thy name. 119:133Establish my steps in thy word; and let not any iniquity have dominion over me. 119:134Deliver me from the oppression of man; and I will keep thy precepts. 119:135Make thy face to shine upon thy servant, and teach me thy statutes. 119:136Mine eyes run down with streams of water, because they keep not thy law. 119:137TZADE. Righteous art thou, Jehovah, and upright are thy judgments. 119:138Thou hast commanded thy testimonies in righteousness and exceeding faithfulness. 119:139My zeal destroyeth me, because mine oppressors have forgotten thy words. 119:140Thy word is exceeding pure, and thy servant loveth it. 119:141I am little and despised: thy precepts have I not forgotten. 119:142Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is truth. 119:143Trouble and anguish have taken hold upon me: thy commandments are my delights. 119:144The righteousness of thy testimonies is for ever: give me understanding, and I shall live. 119:145KOPH. I have called with [my] whole heart; answer me, O Jehovah: I will observe thy statutes. 119:146I call upon thee; save me, and I will keep thy testimonies. 119:147I anticipate the morning-dawn and I cry: I hope in thy word. 119:148Mine eyes anticipate the night-watches, that I may meditate in thy word. 119:149Hear my voice according to thy loving-kindness: O Jehovah, quicken me according to thy judgment. 119:150They have drawn nigh that follow after mischief: they are far from thy law. 119:151Thou, Jehovah, art near, and all thy commandments are truth. 119:152From thy testimonies, I have known of old that thou hast founded them for ever. 119:153RESH. See mine affliction, and deliver me; for I have not forgotten thy law. 119:154Plead my cause, and redeem me: quicken me according to thy word. 119:155Salvation is far from the wicked; for they seek not thy statutes. 119:156Many are thy tender mercies, O Jehovah; quicken me according to thy judgments. 119:157Many are my persecutors and mine oppressors; I have not declined from thy testimonies. 119:158I beheld them that deal treacherously, and was grieved; because they kept not thy word. 119:159See how I have loved thy precepts: quicken me, O Jehovah, according to thy loving-kindness. 119:160The sum of thy word is truth, and every righteous judgment of thine is for ever. 119:161SHIN. Princes have persecuted me without a cause; but my heart standeth in awe of thy word. 119:162I have joy in thy word, as one that findeth great spoil. 119:163I hate and abhor falsehood; thy law do I love. 119:164Seven times a day do I praise thee because of thy righteous judgments. 119:165Great peace have they that love thy law, and nothing doth stumble them. 119:166I have hoped for thy salvation, O Jehovah, and have done thy commandments. 119:167My soul hath kept thy testimonies, and I love them exceedingly. 119:168I have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies; for all my ways are before thee. 119:169TAU. Let my cry come near before thee, Jehovah: give me understanding according to thy word. 119:170Let my supplication come before thee: deliver me according to thy word. 119:171My lips shall pour forth praise when thou hast taught me thy statutes. 119:172My tongue shall speak aloud of thy word; for all thy commandments are righteousness. 119:173Let thy hand be for my help; for I have chosen thy precepts. 119:174I have longed for thy salvation, O Jehovah, and thy law is my delight. 119:175Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; and let thy judgments help me. 119:176I have gone astray like a lost sheep: seek thy servant; for I have not forgotten thy commandments.
120:1{A Song of degrees.} In my trouble I called unto Jehovah, and he answered me. 120:2Jehovah, deliver my soul from the lying lip, from the deceitful tongue. 120:3What shall be given unto thee, what shall be added unto thee, thou deceitful tongue? 120:4Sharp arrows of a mighty one, with burning coals of broom-wood. 120:5Woe is me, that I sojourn in Meshech, that I dwell among the tents of Kedar! 120:6My soul hath long dwelt with them that hate peace. 120:7I [am for] peace; but when I speak, *they* [are] for war.
121:1{A Song of degrees.} I lift up mine eyes unto the mountains: whence shall my help come? 121:2My help [cometh] from Jehovah, who made the heavens and the earth. 121:3He will not suffer thy foot to be moved; he that keepeth thee will not slumber. 121:4Behold, he that keepeth Israel will neither slumber nor sleep. 121:5Jehovah is thy keeper, Jehovah is thy shade upon thy right hand; 121:6The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night. 121:7Jehovah will keep thee from all evil; he will keep thy soul. 121:8Jehovah will keep thy going out and thy coming in, from henceforth and for evermore.
122:1{A Song of degrees. Of David.} I rejoiced when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of Jehovah. 122:2Our feet shall stand within thy gates, O Jerusalem. 122:3Jerusalem, which art built as a city that is compact together, 122:4Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of Jah, a testimony to Israel, to give thanks unto the name of Jehovah. 122:5For there are set thrones for judgment, the thrones of the house of David. 122:6Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee. 122:7Peace be within thy bulwarks, prosperity within thy palaces. 122:8For my brethren and companions' sakes I will say, Peace be within thee! 122:9Because of the house of Jehovah our God I will seek thy good.
123:1{A Song of degrees.} Unto thee do I lift up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens. 123:2Behold, as the eyes of servants [look] unto the hand of their masters, as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress, so our eyes [are directed] to Jehovah our God, until he be gracious unto us. 123:3Be gracious unto us, O Jehovah, be gracious unto us; for we are exceedingly filled with contempt. 123:4Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, with the contempt of the proud.
124:1{A Song of degrees. Of David.} If it had not been Jehovah who was for us oh let Israel say 124:2If it had not been Jehovah who was for us, when men rose up against us, 124:3Then they had swallowed us up alive, when their anger was kindled against us; 124:4Then the waters had overwhelmed us, a torrent had gone over our soul; 124:5Then the proud waters had gone over our soul. 124:6Blessed be Jehovah, who gave us not up a prey to their teeth! 124:7Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we have escaped. 124:8Our help is in the name of Jehovah, the maker of heavens and earth.
125:1{A Song of degrees.} They that confide in Jehovah are as mount Zion, which cannot be moved; it abideth for ever. 125:2Jerusalem! mountains are round about her, and Jehovah is round about his people, from henceforth and for evermore. 125:3For the sceptre of wickedness shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity. 125:4Do good, O Jehovah, unto the good, and to them that are upright in their hearts. 125:5But as for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, Jehovah will lead them forth with the workers of iniquity. Peace be upon Israel!
126:1{A Song of degrees.} When Jehovah turned the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream. 126:2Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with rejoicing: then said they among the nations, Jehovah hath done great things for them. 126:3Jehovah hath done great things for us; [and] we are joyful. 126:4Turn our captivity, O Jehovah, as the streams in the south. 126:5They that sow in tears shall reap with rejoicing: 126:6He goeth forth and weepeth, bearing seed for scattering; he cometh again with rejoicing, bearing his sheaves.
127:1{A Song of degrees. Of Solomon.} Unless Jehovah build the house, in vain do its builders labour in it; unless Jehovah keep the city, the keeper watcheth in vain: 127:2It is vain for you to rise up early, to lie down late, to eat the bread of sorrows: so to his beloved one he giveth sleep. 127:3Lo, children are an inheritance from Jehovah, [and] the fruit of the womb a reward. 127:4As arrows in the hand of a mighty man, so are the children of youth. 127:5Happy is the man that hath filled his quiver with them. They shall not be ashamed when they speak with enemies in the gate.
128:1{A Song of degrees.} Blessed is every one that feareth Jehovah, that walketh in his ways. 128:2For thou shalt eat the labour of thy hands; happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee. 128:3Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine in the inner part of thy house; thy children like olive-plants round about thy table. 128:4Behold, thus shall the man be blessed that feareth Jehovah. 128:5Jehovah will bless thee out of Zion; and mayest thou see the good of Jerusalem all the days of thy life, 128:6And see thy children's children. Peace be upon Israel!
129:1{A Song of degrees.} Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth oh let Israel say 129:2Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth; yet they have not prevailed against me. 129:3The ploughers ploughed upon my back; they made long their furrows. 129:4Jehovah is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked. 129:5Let them be ashamed and turned backward, all that hate Zion; 129:6Let them be as the grass upon the house-tops, which withereth before it is plucked up, 129:7Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand, nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom; 129:8Neither do the passers-by say, The blessing of Jehovah be upon you; we bless you in the name of Jehovah!
130:1{A Song of degrees.} Out of the depths do I call upon thee, Jehovah. 130:2Lord, hear my voice; let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplication. 130:3If thou, Jah, shouldest mark iniquities, Lord, who shall stand? 130:4But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared. 130:5I wait for Jehovah; my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope. 130:6My soul [waiteth] for the Lord more than the watchers [wait] for the morning, [more than] the watchers for the morning. 130:7Let Israel hope in Jehovah, because with Jehovah there is loving-kindness, and with him is plenteous redemption; 130:8And he will redeem Israel from all his iniquities.
131:1{A Song of degrees. Of David.} Jehovah, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty; neither do I exercise myself in great matters, and in things too wonderful for me. 131:2Surely I have restrained and composed my soul, like a weaned child with its mother: my soul within me is as a weaned child. 131:3Let Israel hope in Jehovah, from henceforth and for evermore.
132:1{A Song of degrees.} Jehovah, remember for David all his affliction; 132:2How he swore unto Jehovah, vowed unto the Mighty One of Jacob: 132:3I will not come into the tent of my house, I will not go up to the couch of my bed; 132:4I will not give sleep to mine eyes, slumber to mine eyelids, 132:5Until I find out a place for Jehovah, habitations for the Mighty One of Jacob. 132:6Behold, we heard of it at Ephratah, we found it in the fields of the wood. 132:7Let us go into his habitations, let us worship at his footstool. 132:8Arise, Jehovah, into thy rest, thou and the ark of thy strength. 132:9Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness, and let thy saints shout for joy. 132:10For thy servant David's sake, turn not away the face of thine anointed. 132:11Jehovah hath sworn [in] truth unto David; he will not turn from it: Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne; 132:12If thy children keep my covenant, and my testimonies which I will teach them, their children also for evermore shall sit upon thy throne. 132:13For Jehovah hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his dwelling: 132:14This is my rest for ever; here will I dwell, for I have desired it. 132:15I will abundantly bless her provision; I will satisfy her needy ones with bread; 132:16And I will clothe her priests with salvation, and her saints shall shout aloud for joy. 132:17There will I cause the horn of David to bud forth; I have ordained a lamp for mine anointed. 132:18His enemies will I clothe with shame; but upon himself shall his crown flourish.
133:1{A Song of degrees. Of David.} Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! 133:2Like the precious oil upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, upon Aaron's beard, that ran down to the hem of his garments; 133:3As the dew of Hermon that descendeth on the mountains of Zion; for there hath Jehovah commanded the blessing, life for evermore.