Prayers, Songs, Praises: Psalm 126

Zion’s Restoration

A song of ascents.

1 When the Lord restored the fortunes of Zion,

we were like those who dream.

2 Our mouths were filled with laughter then,

and our tongues with shouts of joy.
Then they said among the nations,
“The Lord has done great things for them.”

3 The Lord had done great things for us;

we were joyful.

4 Restore our fortunes, Lord,

like watercourses in the Negev.

5 Those who sow in tears

will reap with shouts of joy.

6 Though one goes along weeping,

carrying the bag of seed,
he will surely come back with shouts of joy,
carrying his sheaves.

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Prayers, Songs, Praises: Psalm 125

Israel’s Stability

A song of ascents.

125:1 Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion.
It cannot be shaken; it remains forever.

2 The mountains surround Jerusalem
and the Lord surrounds his people,
both now and forever.

3 The scepter of the wicked will not remain
over the land allotted to the righteous,
so that the righteous will not apply their hands to injustice.

4 Do what is good, Lord, to the good,
to those whose hearts are upright.

5 But as for those who turn aside to crooked ways,
the Lord will banish them with the evildoers.
Peace be with Israel.

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