Psalms 125-127

Psalm 125

¹A song of ascents. Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion. It cannot be moved; it abides forever.

²As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the LORD surrounds His people, both now and forevermore.

³For the scepter of the wicked will not rest upon the land allotted to the righteous, so that the righteous will not put forth their hands to injustice.

⁴Do good, O LORD, to those who are good, and to the upright in heart.

⁵But those who turn to crooked ways the LORD will banish with the evildoers. Peace be upon Israel.

Psalm 126

¹A song of ascents. When the LORD restored the captives of Zion, we were like dreamers.

²Then our mouths were filled with laughter, our tongues with shouts of joy. Then it was said among the nations, “The LORD has done great things for them.”

³The LORD has done great things for us; we are filled with joy.

⁴Restore our captives, O LORD, like streams in the Negev.

⁵Those who sow in tears will reap with shouts of joy.

⁶He who goes out weeping, bearing a trail of seed, will surely return with shouts of joy, carrying sheaves of grain.

Psalm 127

¹A song of ascents. Of Solomon. Unless the LORD builds the house, its builders labor in vain; unless the LORD protects the city, its watchmen stand guard in vain.

²In vain you rise early and stay up late, toiling for bread to eat— for He gives sleep to His beloved.

³Children are indeed a heritage from the LORD, and the fruit of the womb is His reward.

⁴Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, so are children born in one’s youth.

⁵Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them. He will not be put to shame when he confronts the enemies at the gate.