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PSALMS
- With the scorning of those that are at ease,
- And with the contempt of the proud oppressors.
124 A Song of Ascents; of David.
- 'If it had not been the Lord who was for us',
- Let Israel now say;
- 2'If it had not been the Lord who was for us,
- When men rose up against us,
- 3Then they had swallowed us up alive,
- When their wrath was kindled against us;
- 4Then the waters had overwhelmed us,
- The stream had gone over our soul;
- 5Then the proud waters
- Had gone over our soul.'
- 6Blessed be the Lord,
- Wo hath not given us as a prey to their teeth.
- 7Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers;
- The snare is broken, and we are escaped.
- 8Our help is in the name of the Lord,
- Who made heaven and earth.
125 A Song of Ascents.
- They that trust in the Lord
- Are as mount Zion, which cannot be moved, but abideth for ever.
- 2As the mountains are round about Jerusalem,
- So the Lord is round about His people,
- From this time forth and for ever.
- 3For the rod of wickedness shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous;
- That the righteous put not forth their hands unto iniquity.
- 4Do good, O Lord, unto the good,
- And to them that are upright in their hearts.
- 5But as for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways,
- The Lord will lead them away with the workers of iniquity.
- Peace be upon Israel.
126 A Song of Ascents.
- When the Lord brought back those that returned to Zion,
- We were like unto them that dream.
- 2Then was our mouth filled with laughter,
- And our tongue with singing;
- Then said they among the nations:
- 'The Lord hath done great things with these.'
- 3The Lord hath done great things with us;
- We are rejoiced.
- 4Turn our captivity, O Lord,
- As the streams in the dry land.
- 5They that sow in tears
- Shall reap in joy.
- 6Though he goeth on his way weeping that beareth the measure of seed,
- He shall come home with joy, bearing his sheaves.
127 A Song of Ascents; of Solomon.
- Except the Lord build the house,
- They labour in vain that build it;
- Except the Lord keep the city,
- The watchman waketh but in vain.
- 2It is vain for you that ye rise early, and sit up late,
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