Psalm 120

Ad Dominum

1

When I was in trouble, I called to the Lord; *

I called to the Lord, and he answered me.

2

Deliver me, O Lord, from lying lips *

and from the deceitful tongue.

3

What shall be done to you, and what more besides, *

O you deceitful tongue?

4

The sharpened arrows of a warrior, *

along with hot glowing coals.

5

How hateful it is that I must lodge in Meshech *

and dwell among the tents of Kedar!

6

Too long have I had to live; *

among the enemies of peace.

7

I am on the side of peace, *

but when I speak of it, they are for war.

Psalm 121

Levavi oculos

1

I lift up my eyes to the hills; *

from where is my help to come?

2

My help comes from the Lord, *

the maker of heaven and earth.

3

He will not let your foot be moved *

and he who watches over you will not fall asleep.

4

Behold, he who keeps watch over Israel *

shall neither slumber nor sleep;

5

The Lord himself watches over you; *

the Lord is your shade at your right hand,

6

So that the sun shall not strike you by day, *

nor the moon by night.

7

The Lord shall preserve you from all evil; *

it is he who shall keep you safe.

8

The Lord shall watch over your going out and your coming in, *

from this time forth for evermore.

Psalm 122

Lætatus sum

1

I was glad when they said to me, *

“Let us go to the house of the Lord.”

2

Now our feet are standing *

within your gates, O Jerusalem.

3

Jerusalem is built as a city *

that is at unity with itself;

4

To which the tribes go up,

the tribes of the Lord, *

the assembly of Israel,

to praise the Name of the Lord.

5

For there are the thrones of judgment, *

the thrones of the house of David.

6

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: *

“May they prosper who love you.

7

Peace be within your walls *

and quietness within your towers.

8

For my brethren and companions’ sake, *

I pray for your prosperity.

9

Because of the house of the Lord our God, *

I will seek to do you good.”

Psalm 123

Ad te levavi oculos meos

1

To you I lift up my eyes, *

to you enthroned in the heavens.

2

As the eyes of servants look to the hand of their masters, *

and the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress,

3

So our eyes look to the Lord our God, *

until he show us his mercy.

4

Have mercy upon us, O Lord, have mercy, *

for we have had more than enough of contempt,

5

Too much of the scorn of the indolent rich, *

and of the derision of the proud.