Psalm 121
I lift up my eyes to the hills
: but where shall I find help?
My help comes from the Lord
: who has made heaven and earth.
He will not suffer your foot to stumble
: and he who watches over you will not sleep.
Be sure he who has charge of Israel
: will neither slumber nor sleep.
The Lord himself is your keeper
: the Lord is your defence upon your right hand;
The sun shall not strike you by day
: nor shall the moon by night.
The Lord will defend you from all evil
: it is he who will guard your life.
The Lord will defend your going out and your coming in
: from this time forward for evermore.
Psalm 122
I was glad when they said to me
: ‘Let us go to the house of the Lord.’
And now our feet are standing
: within your gates, O Jerusalem;
Jerusalem which is built as a city
: where the pilgrims gather in unity.
There the tribes go up, the tribes of the Lord
: as he commanded Israel, to give thanks to the name of the Lord.
There are set thrones of judgement
: the thrones of the house of David.
O pray for the peace of Jerusalem
: may those who love you prosper.
Peace be within your walls
: and prosperity in your palaces.
For the sake of my brothers and companions
: I will pray that peace be with you.
For the sake of the house of the Lord our God
: I will seek for your good.
Psalm 123
To you I lift up my eyes
: you who are enthroned in the heavens.
As the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master
: or as the eyes of a maid toward the hand of her mistress,
So our eyes look to the Lord our God
: until he show us his mercy.
Have mercy upon us, O Lord, have mercy upon us
: for we have had our fill of derision.
Our souls overflow with the mockery of those at ease
: and with the contempt of the proud.