the Week of Proper 4 / Ordinary 9
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October 24 - Different Topics
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Psalms 122-124
Chapter 122
Psalm 122
A song of ascents. Of David.
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, 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 stand the thrones for judgment,
the thrones of the house of David.
6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem:
"May those who love(a) you be secure.
7 May there be peace(b) within your walls
and security within your citadels.(c)"
8 For the sake of my family 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.(d)
Chapter 123
Psalm 123
A song of ascents.
1 I lift up my eyes to you,
to you who sit enthroned(a) in heaven.
2 As the eyes of slaves look to the hand of their master,
as the eyes of a female slave look to the hand of her mistress,
so our eyes look to the
Lord
(b) our God,
till he shows us his mercy.
3 Have mercy on us,
Lord
, have mercy on us,
for we have endured no end of contempt.
4 We have endured no end
of ridicule from the arrogant,
of contempt from the proud.
Chapter 124
Psalm 124
A song of ascents. Of David.
1 If the
Lord
had not been on our side—
let Israel say(a)—
2 if the
Lord
had not been on our side
when people attacked us,
3 they would have swallowed us alive
when their anger flared against us;
4 the flood(b) would have engulfed us,
the torrent(c) 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
from the fowler's snare;(d)
the snare has been broken,(e)
and we have escaped.
8 Our help is in the name(f) of the
Lord
,
the Maker of heaven(g) and earth.
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