My Soul Waits for the Lord
A Song of Ascents.
1 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.
The Lord Has Chosen Zion
A Song of Ascents.
1 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,
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,
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.”
Come, Bless the Lord
A Song of Ascents.
1 tCome, bless the Lord, all you servants of the Lord,
uwho stand by night in the house of the Lord!
2 vLift up your hands to the holy place
and bless the Lord!
3 wMay the Lord bless you from Zion,
he who made heaven and earth!
Your Name, O Lord, Endures Forever
1 Praise the Lord!
Praise the name of the Lord,
xgive praise, O servants of the Lord,
2 ywho stand in the house of the Lord,
in the courts of the house of our God!
3 Praise the Lord, zfor the Lord is good;
asing to his name, bfor it is pleasant!1
4 For the Lord has chosen Jacob for himself,
Israel as chis own possession.
5 For I know that dthe Lord is great,
and that our Lord is eabove all gods.
6 fWhatever the Lord pleases, he does,
in heaven and on earth,
in the seas and all deeps.
7 He it is who gmakes the clouds rise at the end of the earth,
who makes lightnings for the rain
and brings forth the wind from his storehouses.
8 hHe it was who struck down the firstborn of Egypt,
both of man and of beast;
9 who in your midst, O Egypt,
sent isigns and wonders
against Pharaoh and all his servants;
10 jwho struck down many nations
and killed mighty kings,
11 kSihon, king of the Amorites,
and lOg, king of Bashan,
and mall the kingdoms of Canaan,
12 and gave their land as a heritage,
a heritage to his people Israel.
13 nYour name, O Lord, endures forever,
your renown,2 O Lord, throughout all ages.
14 For othe Lord will vindicate his people
and have compassion on his servants.
15 pThe idols of the nations are silver and gold,
the work of human hands.
16 qThey have mouths, but do not speak;
they have eyes, but do not see;
17 they have ears, but do not hear,
rnor is there any breath in their mouths.
18 sThose who make them become like them;
so do all who trust in them.
19 O house of Israel, bless the Lord!
O house of Aaron, bless the Lord!
20 O house of Levi, bless the Lord!
You who fear the Lord, bless the Lord!
21 Blessed be the Lord from Zion,
he who dwells in Jerusalem!
Praise the Lord!