1  ^eIn my ^fdistress I called to the Lord,

and ^ghe answered me.

2  Deliver me, O Lord,

from lying lips,

from a deceitful tongue.

3  What shall be given to you,

and what more shall be done to you,

you deceitful tongue?

4  A warrior’s sharp arrows,

with ^hglowing coals of the broom tree!

5  Woe to me, that I sojourn in Meshech,

that I dwell among the ⁱtents of Kedar!

6  Too long have I had my dwelling

among those who hate peace.

7  I am for peace,

but when I speak, they are for war!

1  ^jI lift up my eyes to the hills.

From where does my help come?

2  ^kMy ^lhelp comes from the Lord,

who made heaven and earth.

3  He will not let your foot ^mbe moved;

he who keeps you will not slumber.

4  Behold, he who keeps Israel

will neither slumber nor sleep.

5  The Lord is your ⁿkeeper;

the Lord is your ^oshade ^pon your right hand.

6  The ^qsun shall not strike you by day,

nor the moon by night.

7  The Lord will keep you from all evil;

he will ^rkeep your life.

8  ^sThe Lord will keep

your going out and your coming in

from this time forth and forevermore.

1  To you ^xI lift up my eyes,

O you who are ^yenthroned in the heavens!

2  Behold, as the eyes of servants

look to the hand of their master,

as the eyes of a maidservant

to the hand of her mistress,

so our eyes look to the Lord our God,

till he has mercy upon us.

3  ^zHave mercy upon us, O Lord, have mercy upon us,

for we have had more than enough of contempt.

4  Our soul has had more than enough

of the scorn of ^athose who are at ease,

of the contempt of the proud.

1  Those who ^gtrust in the Lord are like Mount Zion,

which cannot be moved, but abides forever.

2  As the mountains surround Jerusalem,

so the Lord ^hsurrounds his people,

from this time forth and forevermore.

3  For the scepter of wickedness shall not rest

on the land allotted to the righteous,

lest the righteous stretch out

their hands to do wrong.

4  ⁱDo good, O Lord, to those who are good,

and to those who are upright in their hearts!

5  But those who turn aside to their crooked ways

the Lord will lead away with evildoers!

^jPeace be upon Israel!