Psalm 127

Laboring and Prospering with the Lord

A Song of Ascents. Of Solomon.

1 Unless the Lord builds the house,

They labor in vain who build it;

Unless athe Lord guards the city,

The watchman stays awake in vain.

2 It is vain for you to rise up early,

To sit up late,

To beat the bread of sorrows;

For so He gives His beloved sleep.

3 Behold, cchildren are a heritage from the Lord,

dThe fruit of the womb is a ereward.

4 Like arrows in the hand of a warrior,

So are the children of one’s youth.

5 fHappy is the man who has his quiver full of them;

gThey shall not be ashamed,

But shall speak with their enemies in the gate.

Psalm 128

Blessings of Those Who Fear the Lord

A Song of Ascents.

1 Blessed ais every one who fears the Lord,

Who walks in His ways.

2 bWhen you eat the 1labor of your hands,

You shall be happy, and it shall be cwell with you.

3 Your wife shall be dlike a fruitful vine

In the very heart of your house,

Your echildren flike olive plants

All around your table.

4 Behold, thus shall the man be blessed

Who fears the Lord.

5 gThe Lord bless you out of Zion,

And may you see the good of Jerusalem

All the days of your life.

6 Yes, may you hsee your children’s children.

iPeace be upon Israel!

Psalm 129

Song of Victory Over Zion’s Enemies

A Song of Ascents.

1 “Many a time they have aafflicted 1me from bmy youth,”

cLet Israel now say—

2 “Many a time they have afflicted me from my youth;

Yet they have not prevailed against me.

3 The plowers plowed on my back;

They made their furrows long.”

4 The Lord is righteous;

He has cut in pieces the cords of the wicked.

5 Let all those who hate Zion

Be put to shame and turned back.

6 Let them be as the dgrass on the housetops,

Which withers before it grows up,

7 With which the reaper does not fill his hand,

Nor he who binds sheaves, his 2arms.

8 Neither let those who pass by them say,

e“The blessing of the Lord be upon you;

We bless you in the name of the Lord!”

Psalm 130

Waiting for the Redemption of the Lord

A Song of Ascents.

1 Out aof the depths I have cried to You, O Lord;

2 Lord, hear my voice!

Let Your ears be attentive

To the voice of my supplications.

3 bIf You, Lord, should 1mark iniquities,

O Lord, who could cstand?

4 But there is dforgiveness with You,

That eYou may be feared.

5 fI wait for the Lord, my soul waits,

And gin His word I do hope.

6 hMy soul waits for the Lord

More than those who watch for the morning—

Yes, more than those who watch for the morning.

7 iO Israel, hope in the Lord;

For jwith the Lord there is mercy,

And with Him is abundant redemption.

8 And kHe shall redeem Israel

From all his iniquities.