128  ^rBlessed is everyone who fears the Lord,

who ^swalks in his ways!

2  You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands;

you shall be blessed, and ^tit shall be well with you.

3  Your wife will be ^ulike a fruitful vine

within your house;

^vyour children will be ^wlike olive shoots

around your table.

4  Behold, thus shall the man be blessed

who fears the Lord.

5  ^xThe Lord bless you from Zion!

May you see the prosperity of Jerusalem

all the days of your life!

6  May you ^ysee your children’s children!

^zPeace be upon Israel!

129  “Greatly¹ have they afflicted me from my ^ayouth”—

^blet Israel now say—

2  “Greatly have they afflicted me from my youth,

yet they have not prevailed against me.

3  The plowers plowed upon my back;

they made long their furrows.”

4  The Lord is righteous;

he has cut the cords of the wicked.

5  ^cMay all who hate Zion

be put to shame and turned backward!

6  Let them be ^dlike the grass on the housetops,

which withers before it grows up,

7  with which the reaper does not fill his hand

nor the binder of sheaves his arms,

8  nor do those who pass by say,

^e“The blessing of the Lord be upon you!

We bless you in the name of the Lord!”

130  Out of the ^fdepths I cry to you, O Lord!

2  O Lord, hear my voice!

Let your ears be ^gattentive

to the voice of my pleas for mercy!

3  If you, O Lord, should mark iniquities,

O Lord, ^hwho could stand?

4  But with you there is ⁱforgiveness,

^jthat you may be feared.

5  I ^kwait for the Lord, my soul waits,

and ^lin his word I hope;

6  ^mmy soul waits for the Lord

more than watchmen for the morning,

more than watchmen for the morning.

7  ⁿO Israel, hope in the Lord!

For with the Lord there is ^osteadfast love,

and with him is plentiful redemption.

8  And he will ^predeem Israel

from all his iniquities.

131  O Lord, my heart is not lifted up;

my eyes are not raised too high;

I do not occupy myself with things

too great and ^qtoo marvelous for me.

2  But I have calmed and quieted my soul,

like a weaned child with its mother;

like a weaned child is my soul within me.

3  ^rO Israel, hope in the Lord

from this time forth and forevermore.

132  Remember, O Lord, in David’s favor,

all the hardships he endured,

2  ^show he swore to the Lord

and vowed to ^tthe Mighty One of Jacob,

3  “I will not enter my house

or get into my bed,

4  I will ^unot give sleep to my eyes

or slumber to my eyelids,

5  until I find a place for the Lord,

a ^vdwelling place ^wfor the Mighty One of Jacob.”

6  Behold, we heard of it in Ephrathah;

^xwe found it in the fields of Jaar.

7  “Let us go to his dwelling place;

let us ^yworship at his footstool!”

8  ^zArise, O Lord, and go to your resting place,

you and the ark of your ^amight.

9  Let your priests be ^bclothed with righteousness,

and let your saints shout for joy.

10  For the sake of your servant David,

^cdo not turn away the face of your ^danointed one.

11  The Lord ^eswore to David a sure oath

from which he will not turn back:

“One of the sons of your body¹

I will set on your ^fthrone.

12  If your sons keep my covenant

and my testimonies that I shall teach them,

their sons also forever

shall sit on your throne.”

13  For ^gthe Lord has ^hchosen Zion;

he has desired it for his dwelling place:

14  “This is my resting place forever;

here I will dwell, for I have desired it.

15  I will abundantly bless her provisions;

I will ⁱsatisfy her poor with bread.

16  ^jHer priests I will ^kclothe with salvation,

and her saints will shout for joy.

17  There ^lI will make a horn to sprout for David;

I have prepared a ^mlamp for my anointed.

18  His enemies I will ⁿclothe with shame,

but on him his crown will shine.”