Psalm 120

Ad Dominum
1
When I was in trouble I called upon the Lord  *
and he heard me.
2
Deliver my soul, O Lord, from lying lips *
and from a deceitful tongue.
3
What reward shall be given or done unto thee, thou false tongue *
even mighty and sharp arrows, with hot burning coals.
4
Woe is me, that I am constrained to dwell with Mesech *
and to have my habitation among the tents of Kedar.
5
My soul hath long dwelt among them *
that are enemies unto peace.
6
I labour for peace, but when I speak unto them thereof *
they make them ready to battle.

Psalm 121

Levavi oculus
1
I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills  *
from whence cometh my help.
2
My help cometh even from the Lord *
who hath made heaven and earth.
3
He will not suffer thy foot to be moved *
and he that keepeth thee will not sleep.
4
Behold, he that keepeth Israel *
shall neither slumber nor sleep.
5
The Lord himself is thy keeper *
the Lord is thy defence upon thy right hand;
6
So that the sun shall not burn thee by day *
neither the moon by night.
7
The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil *
yea, it is even he that shall keep thy soul.
8
The Lord shall preserve thy going out, and thy coming in *
from this time forth for evermore.

Psalm 122

Laetatus sum
1
I was glad when they said unto me  *
We will go into the house of the Lord.
2
Our feet shall stand in thy gates *
O Jerusalem.
3
Jerusalem is built as a city *
that is at unity in itself.
4
For thither the tribes go up, even the tribes of the Lord *
to testify unto Israel, to give thanks unto the Name of the Lord.
5
For there is the seat of judgement *
even the seat of the house of David.
6
O pray for the peace of Jerusalem *
they shall prosper that love thee.
7
Peace be within thy walls *
and plenteousness within thy palaces.
8
For my brethren and companions’ sakes *
I will wish thee prosperity.
9
Yea, because of the house of the Lord our God *
I will seek to do thee good.

Psalm 123

Ad te levavi oculos meos
1
Unto thee lift I up mine eyes  *
O thou that dwellest in the heavens.
2
Behold, even as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress *
even so our eyes wait upon the Lord our God, until he have mercy upon us.
3
Have mercy upon us, O Lord, have mercy upon us *
for we are utterly despised.
4
Our soul is filled with the scornful reproof of the wealthy *
and with the despitefulness of the proud.

Psalm 124

Nisi quia Dominus
1
If the Lord himself had not been on our side, now may Israel say  *
if the Lord himself had not been on our side, when men rose up against us;
2
They had swallowed us up quick *
when thy were so wrathfully displeased at us.
3
Yea, the waters had drowned us *
and the stream had gone over our soul.
4
The deep waters of the proud *
had gone even over our soul.
5
But praised be the Lord *
who hath not given us over for a prey unto their teeth.
6
Our soul is escaped even as a bird out of the snare of the fowler *
the snare is broken, and we are delivered .
7
Our help standeth in the Name of the Lord *
who hath made heaven and earth.

Psalm 125

Qui confidunt
1
They that put their trust in the Lord shall be even as the mount Sion  *
which may not be removed, but standeth fast for ever.
2
The hills stand about Jerusalem *
even so standeth the Lord round about his people, from this time forth for evermore.
3
For the rod of the ungodly cometh not into the lot of the righteous *
lest the righteous put their hand unto wickedness.
4
Do well, O Lord *
unto those that are good and true of heart.
5
As for such as turn back unto their own wickedness *
the Lord shall lead them forth with the evil-doers; but peace shall be upon Israel.