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PSALM
129
A song for pilgrims ascending to Jerusalem.
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 the Lord is good;
he has cut me free from the ropes of the
ungodly.
1
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:
“The Lord bless you;
we bless you in the Lord’s name.”
5
PSALM
130
A song for pilgrims ascending to Jerusalem.
From the depths of despair, O Lord,
I call for your help.
2 Hear my cry, O Lord.
Pay attention to my prayer.
1
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.
3
I am counting on the Lord;
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.
5
O Israel, hope in the Lord;
for with the Lord there is unfailing love.
His redemption overflows.
8 He himself will redeem Israel
from every kind of sin.
7
PSALM
131
A song for pilgrims ascending to Jerusalem. A psalm
of David.
1
Lord, my heart is not proud;
my eyes are not haughty.
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Psalm 132
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 the Lord—
now and always.
PSALM
132
A song for pilgrims ascending to Jerusalem.
Lord, remember David
and all that he suffered.
2 He made a solemn promise to the Lord.
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
the Lord,
a sanctuary for the Mighty One of Israel.”
1
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 the Lord;
let us worship at the footstool of his
throne.
8 Arise, O Lord, 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 The Lord swore 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.”
6
For the Lord has 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.
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