Category: Psalm

1 A Canticle in steps. I rejoiced in the things that were said to me: “We shall go into the house of the Lord.”

2 Our feet were standing in your courts, O Jerusalem.

3 Jerusalem has been built as a city, whose participation is unto itself.

4 For to that place, the tribes ascended, the tribes of the Lord: the testimony of Israel, to confess to the name of the Lord.

5 For in that place, seats have sat down in judgment, seats above the house of David.

6 Petition for the things that are for the peace of Jerusalem, and for abundance for those who love you.

7 Let peace be in your virtue, and abundance in your towers.

8 For the sake of my brothers and my neighbors, I spoke peace about you.

9 For the sake of the house of the Lord our God, I sought good things for you.

1 A Canticle in steps. I have lifted up my eyes to you, who dwells in the heavens.

2 Behold, as the eyes of the servants are on the hands of their masters, as the eyes of the handmaid are on the hands of her mistress, so our eyes are upon the Lord our God, until he may be merciful to us.

3 Have mercy on us, O Lord, have mercy on us. For we have been filled with utter disdain.

4 For our soul has been greatly filled. We are the disgrace of those who have abundance and the disdain of the arrogant.

1 A Canticle in steps. If the Lord had not been with us, let Israel now say it:

2 if the Lord had not been with us, when men rose up against us,

3 perhaps they would have swallowed us alive. When their fury was enraged against us,

4 perhaps the waters would have engulfed us.

5 Our soul has passed through a torrent. Perhaps, our soul had even passed through intolerable water.

6 Blessed is the Lord, who has not given us into the harm of their teeth.

7 Our soul has been snatched away like a sparrow from the snare of the hunters. The snare has been broken, and we have been freed.

8 Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth.

1 A Canticle in steps. Those who trust in the Lord will be like the mountain of Zion. He will not be disturbed for eternity, who dwells

2 in Jerusalem. Mountains surround it. And the Lord surrounds his people, from this time forward and even forever.

3 For the Lord will not allow the rod of sinners to remain over the lot of the just, so that the just may not extend their hands toward iniquity.

4 Do good, O Lord, to the good and to the upright of heart.

5 But those who turn away into obligation, the Lord will lead away with the workers of iniquity. Peace be upon Israel.

1 A Canticle in steps. When the Lord turned back the captivity of Zion, we became like those who are consoled.

2 Then our mouth was filled with gladness and our tongue with exultation. Then they will say among the nations: “The Lord has done great things for them.”

3 The Lord has done great things for us. We have become joyful.

4 Convert our captivity, O Lord, like a torrent in the south.

5 Those who sow in tears shall reap in exultation.

6 When departing, they went forth and wept, sowing their seeds.

7 But when returning, they will arrive with exultation, carrying their sheaves.

1 A Canticle in steps: of Solomon. Unless the Lord has built the house, those who build it have labored in vain. Unless the Lord has guarded the city, he who guards it watches in vain.

2 It is in vain that you rise before daylight, that you rise up after you have sat down, you who chew the bread of sorrow. Whereas, to his beloved, he will give sleep.

3 Behold, the inheritance of the Lord is sons, the reward is the fruit of the womb.

4 Like arrows in the hand of the powerful, so are the sons of those who have been cast out.

5 Blessed is the man who has filled his desire from these things. He will not be confounded when he speaks to his enemies at the gate.

1 A Canticle in steps. Blessed are all those who fear the Lord, who walk in his ways.

2 For you will eat by the labors of your hands. Blessed are you, and it will be well with you.

3 Your wife is like an abundant vine on the sides of your house. Your sons are like young olive trees surrounding your table.

4 Behold, so will the man be blessed who fears the Lord.

5 May the Lord bless you from Zion, and may you see the good things of Jerusalem, all the days of your life.

6 And may you see the sons of your sons. Peace be upon Israel.

1 A Canticle in steps. They have often fought against me from my youth, let Israel now say:

2 they have often fought against me from my youth, yet they could not prevail over me.

3 The sinners have made fabrications behind my back. They have prolonged their iniquity.

4 The just Lord will cut the necks of sinners.

5 Let all those who hate Zion be confounded and turned backwards.

6 Let them be like grass on the rooftops, which withers before it can be pulled up:

7 with it, he who reaps does not fill his hand and he who gathers sheaves does not fill his bosom.

8 And those who were passing by have not said to them: “The blessing of the Lord be upon you. We have blessed you in the name of the Lord.”

1 A Canticle in steps. From the depths, I have cried out to you, O Lord.

2 O Lord, hear my voice. Let your ears be attentive to the voice of my supplication.

3 If you, O Lord, were to heed iniquities, who, O Lord, could persevere?

4 For with you, there is forgiveness, and because of your law, I persevered with you, Lord. My soul has persevered in his word.

5 My soul has hoped in the Lord.

6 From the morning watch, even until night, let Israel hope in the Lord.

7 For with the Lord there is mercy, and with him there is bountiful redemption.

8 And he will redeem Israel from all his iniquities.

1 A Canticle in steps: of David. O Lord, my heart has not been exalted, and my eyes have not been raised up. Neither have I walked in greatness, nor in wonders beyond me.

2 When I was not humble in thought, then I lifted up my soul. Like one who has been weaned from his mother, so was I recompensed in my soul.

3 Let Israel hope in the Lord, from this time forward and even forever.