Psalm 124
If the Lord had not been on our side, now may Israel say
: if the Lord had not been on our side, when men rose up against us,
Then they would have swallowed us alive
: when their anger was kindled against us.
Then the waters would have overwhelmed us,
and the torrent gone over us
: the raging waters would have gone clean over us.
But praised be the Lord
: who has not given us as a prey to their teeth.
We have escaped like a bird from the snare of the fowler
: the snare is broken, and we have gone free.
Our help is in the name of the Lord
: who has made heaven and earth.
Psalm 125
Those who put their trust in the Lord shall be as Mount Zion
: which cannot be shaken, but endures for ever.
As the mountains stand about Jerusalem,
so stands the Lord about his people
: from this time forward for evermore.
For the sceptre of wickedness shall have no sway
over the land apportioned to the righteous
: lest the righteous set their hands to do evil.
Do good, O Lord, to those who are good
: to those that are upright in heart.
As for those who turn aside to crooked ways,
let the Lord lead them away with the evildoers
: and in Israel let there be peace.
Psalm 126
When the Lord turned again the fortunes of Zion
: then were we like men restored to life.
Then was our mouth filled with laughter
: and our tongue with singing.
Then said they among the heathen
: The Lord has done great things for them.
Truly the Lord has done great things for us
: and therefore we rejoiced.
Turn again our fortunes, O Lord
: as the streams return to the dry south.
Those that sow in tears
: shall reap with songs of joy.
He who goes out weeping, bearing the seed
: shall come again in gladness, bringing his sheaves with him.