Month: December 2019

A song for pilgrims ascending to Jerusalem.

1 I lift my eyes to you,

O God, enthroned in heaven.

2 We keep looking to theLordour God for his mercy,

just as servants keep their eyes on their master,

as a slave girl watches her mistress for the slightest signal.

3 Have mercy on us,Lord, have mercy,

for we have had our fill of contempt.

4 We have had more than our fill of the scoffing of the proud

and the contempt of the arrogant.

—https://api-cdn.youversionapi.com/audio-bible-youversionapi/6/32k/PSA/123-a01bb77eabc01c86daca199f792cb3cf.mp3?version_id=116—

A song for pilgrims ascending to Jerusalem. A psalm of David.

1 What if theLordhad not been on our side?

Let all Israel repeat:

2 What if theLordhad not been on our side

when people attacked us?

3 They would have swallowed us alive

in their burning anger.

4 The waters would have engulfed us;

a torrent would have overwhelmed us.

5 Yes, the raging waters of their fury

would have overwhelmed our very lives.

6 Praise theLord,

who did not let their teeth tear us apart!

7 We escaped like a bird from a hunter’s trap.

The trap is broken, and we are free!

8 Our help is from theLord,

who made heaven and earth.

—https://api-cdn.youversionapi.com/audio-bible-youversionapi/6/32k/PSA/124-95f556fc7f19e7651f79fe3f8c2cd977.mp3?version_id=116—

A song for pilgrims ascending to Jerusalem.

1 Those who trust in theLordare as secure as Mount Zion;

they will not be defeated but will endure forever.

2 Just as the mountains surround Jerusalem,

so theLordsurrounds his people, both now and forever.

3 The wicked will not rule the land of the godly,

for then the godly might be tempted to do wrong.

4 OLord, do good to those who are good,

whose hearts are in tune with you.

5 But banish those who turn to crooked ways, OLord.

Take them away with those who do evil.

May Israel have peace!

—https://api-cdn.youversionapi.com/audio-bible-youversionapi/6/32k/PSA/125-893d055862f7d50348feee500e0a977c.mp3?version_id=116—

A song for pilgrims ascending to Jerusalem.

1 When theLordbrought back his exiles to Jerusalem,

it was like a dream!

2 We were filled with laughter,

and we sang for joy.

And the other nations said,

“What amazing things theLordhas done for them.”

3 Yes, theLordhas done amazing things for us!

What joy!

4 Restore our fortunes,Lord,

as streams renew the desert.

5 Those who plant in tears

will harvest with shouts of joy.

6 They weep as they go to plant their seed,

but they sing as they return with the harvest.

—https://api-cdn.youversionapi.com/audio-bible-youversionapi/6/32k/PSA/126-613d36153b30c12becb18f16f3a7d28e.mp3?version_id=116—

A song for pilgrims ascending to Jerusalem. A psalm of Solomon.

1 Unless theLordbuilds a house,

the work of the builders is wasted.

Unless theLordprotects a city,

guarding it with sentries will do no good.

2 It is useless for you to work so hard

from early morning until late at night,

anxiously working for food to eat;

for God gives rest to his loved ones.

3 Children are a gift from theLord;

they are a reward from him.

4 Children born to a young man

are like arrows in a warrior’s hands.

5 How joyful is the man whose quiver is full of them!

He will not be put to shame when he confronts his accusers at the city gates.

—https://api-cdn.youversionapi.com/audio-bible-youversionapi/6/32k/PSA/127-80e511430e8b626dcea78c7ccdfc5e53.mp3?version_id=116—

A song for pilgrims ascending to Jerusalem.

1 How joyful are those who fear theLord—

all who follow his ways!

2 You will enjoy the fruit of your labor.

How joyful and prosperous you will be!

3 Your wife will be like a fruitful grapevine,

flourishing within your home.

Your children will be like vigorous young olive trees

as they sit around your table.

4 That is theLord’s blessing

for those who fear him.

5 May theLordcontinually bless you from Zion.

May you see Jerusalem prosper as long as you live.

6 May you live to enjoy your grandchildren.

May Israel have peace!

—https://api-cdn.youversionapi.com/audio-bible-youversionapi/6/32k/PSA/128-2724216e289bd3eae5d4751aee0ddfc3.mp3?version_id=116—

A song for pilgrims ascending to Jerusalem.

1 From my earliest youth my enemies have persecuted me.

Let all Israel repeat this:

2 From my earliest youth my enemies have persecuted me,

but they have never defeated me.

3 My back is covered with cuts,

as if a farmer had plowed long furrows.

4 But theLordis good;

he has cut me free from the ropes of the ungodly.

5 May all who hate Jerusalem

be turned back in shameful defeat.

6 May they be as useless as grass on a rooftop,

turning yellow when only half grown,

7 ignored by the harvester,

despised by the binder.

8 And may those who pass by

refuse to give them this blessing:

“TheLordbless you;

we bless you in theLord’s name.”

—https://api-cdn.youversionapi.com/audio-bible-youversionapi/6/32k/PSA/129-f09849dd9292e5052b0e105f6ac9997e.mp3?version_id=116—

A song for pilgrims ascending to Jerusalem.

1 From the depths of despair, OLord,

I call for your help.

2 Hear my cry, O Lord.

Pay attention to my prayer.

3 Lord, if you kept a record of our sins,

who, O Lord, could ever survive?

4 But you offer forgiveness,

that we might learn to fear you.

5 I am counting on theLord;

yes, I am counting on him.

I have put my hope in his word.

6 I long for the Lord

more than sentries long for the dawn,

yes, more than sentries long for the dawn.

7 O Israel, hope in theLord;

for with theLordthere is unfailing love.

His redemption overflows.

8 He himself will redeem Israel

from every kind of sin.

—https://api-cdn.youversionapi.com/audio-bible-youversionapi/6/32k/PSA/130-15cfdd9d8ad6c670a3876187ef715312.mp3?version_id=116—

A song for pilgrims ascending to Jerusalem. A psalm of David.

1 Lord, my heart is not proud;

my eyes are not haughty.

I don’t concern myself with matters too great

or too awesome for me to grasp.

2 Instead, I have calmed and quieted myself,

like a weaned child who no longer cries for its mother’s milk.

Yes, like a weaned child is my soul within me.

3 O Israel, put your hope in theLord—

now and always.

—https://api-cdn.youversionapi.com/audio-bible-youversionapi/6/32k/PSA/131-22c40ca055d054f1f7c8f2d49e1fbc8d.mp3?version_id=116—

A song for pilgrims ascending to Jerusalem.

1 Lord, remember David

and all that he suffered.

2 He made a solemn promise to theLord.

He vowed to the Mighty One of Israel,

3 “I will not go home;

I will not let myself rest.

4 I will not let my eyes sleep

nor close my eyelids in slumber

5 until I find a place to build a house for theLord,

a sanctuary for the Mighty One of Israel.”

6 We heard that the Ark was in Ephrathah;

then we found it in the distant countryside of Jaar.

7 Let us go to the sanctuary of theLord;

let us worship at the footstool of his throne.

8 Arise, OLord, and enter your resting place,

along with the Ark, the symbol of your power.

9 May your priests be clothed in godliness;

may your loyal servants sing for joy.

10 For the sake of your servant David,

do not reject the king you have anointed.

11 TheLordswore an oath to David

with a promise he will never take back:

“I will place one of your descendants

on your throne.

12 If your descendants obey the terms of my covenant

and the laws that I teach them,

then your royal line

will continue forever and ever.”

13 For theLordhas chosen Jerusalem;

he has desired it for his home.

14 “This is my resting place forever,” he said.

“I will live here, for this is the home I desired.

15 I will bless this city and make it prosperous;

I will satisfy its poor with food.

16 I will clothe its priests with godliness;

its faithful servants will sing for joy.

17 Here I will increase the power of David;

my anointed one will be a light for my people.

18 I will clothe his enemies with shame,

but he will be a glorious king.”

—https://api-cdn.youversionapi.com/audio-bible-youversionapi/6/32k/PSA/132-48ca4c44b9beb789b349dd3bc298f0e1.mp3?version_id=116—