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  Deliver Me, O Lord

120 A Song of mAscents.

1 In my distress I called to the Lord,

and he answered me.

  2 Deliver me, O Lord,

from lying lips,

from a deceitful tongue.

  3 What shall be given to you,

nand what more shall be done to you,

you deceitful tongue?

  4 oA warrior’s psharp arrows,

with glowing qcoals of the broom tree!

  5 Woe to me, that I sojourn in rMeshech,

that I dwell among sthe tents of tKedar!

  6 Too long have I had my dwelling

among those who hate peace.

  7 uI am for peace,

but when I speak, they are for war!

  My Help Comes from the Lord

121 A Song of mAscents.

1 I vlift up my eyes to wthe hills.

From where does my help come?

  2 xMy help comes from the Lord,

who ymade heaven and earth.

  3 He will not zlet your foot be moved;

he who akeeps you will not slumber.

  4 Behold, he who keeps Israel

will neither slumber nor sleep.

  5 The Lord is your keeper;

the Lord is your bshade on your cright hand.

  6 dThe sun shall not estrike you by day,

nor the moon by night.

  7 The Lord will akeep you from all evil;

he will akeep your life.

  8 The Lord will keep

your fgoing out and your coming in

from this time forth and forevermore.

  Let Us Go to the House of the Lord

122 A Song of mAscents. Of David.

1 I was glad when they said to me,

g“Let us go to the house of the Lord!”

  2 Our feet have been standing

within your gates, O Jerusalem!

  3 Jerusalem—hbuilt as a city

that is ibound firmly together,

  4 to which the tribes jgo up,

the tribes of the Lord,

as was kdecreed for1 Israel,

to give thanks to the name of the Lord.

  5 There lthrones for judgment were set,

the thrones of the house of David.

  6 mPray for the peace of Jerusalem!

“May they be secure who love you!

  7 Peace be within your nwalls

and security within your ntowers!”

  8 For my brothers and companions’ sake

I will say, o“Peace be within you!”

  9 For the sake of the house of the Lord our God,

I will pseek your good.