Order the festival procession with boughs, 28 Thou art my God, and I will give thanks Thou art my God, I will exalt Thee. 29 O give thanks unto the LORD, for He is good, For His mercy endureth for ever. The Law of God 119 9 Wherewithal shall a young man keep his way pure? By taking heed thereto according to Thy word. 10 With my whole heart have I sought Thee; O let me not err from Thy commandments. 11 Thy word have I laid up in my heart, That I might not sin against Thee. 12 Blessed art Thou, O LORD; Teach me Thy statutes. 13 With my lips have I told All the ordinances of Thy mouth. 14 I have rejoiced in the way of Thy testimonies, As much as in all riches. 15 I will meditate in Thy precepts, And have respect unto Thy ways. 16 I will delight myself in Thy statutes; I will not forget Thy word. Marching Songs of the Pilgrims 120 A Song of Ascents. In my distress I called unto the LORD, And He answered me. 2 O LORD, deliver my soul from lying lips, From a deceitful tongue. 3 What shall be given unto thee, and what shall be done more unto thee, Thou deceitful tongue? 4 Sharp arrows of the mighty, With coals of broom. 5 Woe is me, that I sojourn with Meshech, That I dwell beside the tents of Kedar! 6 My soul hath full long had her dwelling With him that hateth peace. 7 I am all peace; But when I speak, they are for war. 121 A Song of Ascents. I will lift up mine eyes unto the mountains: 2 My help cometh from the LORD, 3 He will not suffer thy foot to be moved; He that keepeth thee will not slumber. 4 Behold, He that keepeth Israel Doth neither slumber nor sleep. 5 The LORD is thy keeper; The LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand. 6 The sun shall not smite thee by day, Nor the moon by night. 7 The LORD shall keep thee from all evil; He shall keep thy soul. 8 The LORD shall guard thy going out and thy coming in, From this time forth and for ever. 122 A Song of Ascents; of David. I rejoiced when they said unto me: 2 Our feet are standing Within thy gates, O Jerusalem; 3 Jerusalem, that art builded As a city that is compact together; 4 Whither the tribes went up, even the tribes of the LORD, As a testimony unto Israel, To give thanks unto the name of the LORD. 5 For there were set thrones for judgment, The thrones of the house of David. 6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem; May they prosper that love thee. 7 Peace be within thy walls, And prosperity within thy palaces. 8 For my brethren and companions' sakes, I will now say: 'Peace be within thee.' 9 For the sake of the house of the LORD our God I will seek thy good. 123 A Song of Ascents. Unto Thee I lift up mine eyes, O Thou that art enthroned in the heavens. 2 Behold, as the eyes of servants unto the hand of their master, As the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of So our eyes look unto the LORD our God, 3 Be gracious unto us, O LORD, be gracious unto us; For we are full sated with contempt. 4 Our soul is full sated With the scorning of those that are at ease, sors. 124 A Song of Ascents; of David. "If it had not been the LORD who was for us', Let Israel now say; 2 'If it had not been the LORD who was for us, When men rose up against us, 3 Then they had swallowed us up alive, When their wrath was kindled against us; 4 Then the waters had overwhelmed us, The stream had gone over our soul; 5 Then the proud waters Had gone over our soul.' 6 Blessed be the LORD, Who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth. 7 Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers; The snare is broken, and we are escaped. 8 Our help is in the name of the LORD, Who made heaven and earth. They that trust in the LORD Are as mount Zion, which cannot be moved, but abideth for ever. 2 As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, So the LORD is round about His people, 3 For the rod of wickedness shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; That the righteous put not forth their hands unto iniquity. 4 Do good, O LORD, unto the good, And to them that are upright in their hearts. 5 But as for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, The LORD will lead them away with the workers of iniquity. When the LORD brought back those that returned to Zion, We were like unto them that dream. 2 Then was our mouth filled with laughter, And our tongue with singing; Then said they among the nations: "The LORD hath done great things with these.' 3 The LORD hath done great things with us; We are rejoiced. |