169 Tau. 170 Tau. 171 Tau. 172 Tau. 173 Tau. 174 Tau. 175 Tau. 176 Tau. 1 : Let my cry come near before thee, O Jehovah give me understanding according to thy word. Let my supplication come before thee: deliver me according to thy word. My lips shall pour forth praise, when thou shalt teach me thy statutes. My tongue shall declare thy word; for all thy commandments are righteous. Let thy hand help me; for I have I long for thy salvation, O Jehovah ; I go astray like a lost sheep; seek PSALM CXX. A Restoration-song. IN my trouble I called upon Jehovah, and he answered me,— 2 "Deliver my soul, O Jehovah, from false lips, and from a deceitful tongue." T 3 What shall be given unto thee, or what shall be added unto thee, thou deceitful tongue ? 4 Sharp arrows from the Mighty one, with burning coals of juniper. 5 Woe is me, that I sojourn in Meshech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar! 6 My soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace. 7 I am for peace; but when I speak, they are for war. PSALM CXXI. A Restoration-song. 1 I WILL lift up mine eyes unto the mountains. Whence shall my help come? b 2 My help cometh from Jehovah, that made heaven and earth. 3 He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber. 4 Behold, he that keepeth Israel will neither slumber nor sleep. 5 Jehovah is thy keeper: Jehovah is thy shade upon thy right hand. a Ps. xlv. 3–5. b Jer. iii. 23. c Ps. xi. 1. 6 The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night. 7 Jehovah will keep thee from all evil; he will keep thy soul. 8 Jehovah will keep thy going out and thy coming in, from henceforth and for ever. PSALM CXXII. A Restoration-song by David. 1 I WAS glad when they said unto me, "Let us go into the house of Jehovah." 2 Our feet have stood within thy gates, O Jerusalem, 3 Jerusalem builded as a city that is compact together; 4 Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of Jah, According to the testimony to Israel, to give thanks unto the name of Jehovah ; 5 For there are set thrones for judgment, 6 The thrones of the house of David. Pray for the peace of Jerusalem. Those shall prosper that love thee. Peace be within thy bulwarks, prosperity within thy fortresses. 8 For the sake of my brethren and my companions, I will say, "Peace be within thee." 9 For the sake of the house of Jehovah our God, I will seek thy good. PSALM CXXIII. A Restoration-song. 1 UNTO thee lifted I up mine eyes, O thou that sittest in the heavens. 2 Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, 3 4 1 And as the eyes of a maid unto the hand of So our eyes looked unto Jehovah our God, filled with contempt. "Our soul is exceedingly filled "With the scorn of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud." PSALM CXXIV. A Restoration-song by David. "IF it had not been Jehovah who was on our side," may Israel say; 2 "If it had not been Jehovah who was on our side, when men rose up against us; 3 Then had they swallowed us up alive, when their anger was kindled against us; "Then had the waters overflowed us; the 4 5 6 stream had passed over our soul; "Then had the proud waters passed over our soul." Blessed be Jehovah, who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth. 7 Our soul hath escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: The snare is broken, and we have escaped. 8 Our help is in the name of Jehovah, that made heaven and earth. PSALM CXXV. A Restoration-song. 1 THOSE that trust in Jehovah are as mount Zion, Which cannot be moved, but standeth fast for ever. 2 As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, So is Jehovah round about his people from henceforth and for ever. |