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Psalm 124
If it had not been Yahweh who was on our side,
Let Israel now say,
2 If it had not been Yahweh who was on our side,
When men rose up against us;
3 Then they would have swallowed us up alive,
When their wrath was kindled against us:
4 Then the waters would have overwhelmed us,
The stream would have gone over our soul;
5 Then the proud waters would have gone over our soul.
6 Blessed be Yahweh,
Who has not given us as a prey to their teeth.
7 Our soul has escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers:
The snare is broken, and we have escaped.
8 Our help is in the name of Yahweh,
Who made heaven and earth.
A Song of Ascents.
Psalm 125
They that trust in Yahweh
Are as mount Zion, which cannot be moved, but remains for ever.
2 As the mountains are all around Jerusalem,
So Yahweh is all around his people
From this time forth and for evermore.
3 For the scepter of wickedness shall not rest
upon the lot of the righteous;
That the righteous put not forth their hands to iniquity.
4 Do good, O Yahweh, to those that are good,
And to them that are upright in their hearts.
5 But as for such as turn aside to their crooked ways,
Yahweh will lead them forth with the workers of iniquity.
Peace be upon Israel.
A Song of Ascents.
Psalm 126
When Yahweh brought back those that returned to Zion,
We were like those who dream.
2 Then was our mouth filled with laughter,
And our tongue with singing:
Then said they among the nations,
Yahweh has done great things for them.
3 Yahweh has done great things for us,
We are glad.
4 Turn again our captivity, O Yahweh,
As the streams in the South.
5 They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.
6 He that goes forth and weeps bearing seed for sowing,
Shall doubtless come again with joy, bringing his sheaves with him.
A Song of Ascents; of Solomon.
