1 “Greatly have they afflicted me from my youth”—       let Israel now say—   2 “Greatly have they afflicted me from my youth,       yet they have not prevailed against…

1 Blessed is everyone who fears the LORD,       who walks in his ways!   2 You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands;       you shall be blessed,…

1 Unless  the  LORD  builds  the  house,      those  who  build  it  labor  in  vain.      Unless  the  LORD watches  over  the  city,      the  watchman  stays  awake  in  vain. …

1 When the LORD restored the fortunes of Zion,       we were like those who dream. 2 Then our mouth was filled with laughter,       and our tongues with shouts of joy;     then they…

1 Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion,       which cannot be moved, but abides forever. 2 As the mountains surround Jerusalem,       so the LORD surrounds his people       from this time forth and…

1 If it had not been the Lord who was on our side—      let Israel now say—  2 if it had not been the Lord who was on our side     …

1 To you I lift up my eyes,      O you who are enthroned in the heavens!  2 Behold, as the eyes of servants      look to the hand of their master, …

1 I was glad when they said to me,      “Let us go to the house of the Lord!”  2 Our feet have been standing      within your gates, O Jerusalem!  3 Jerusalem—built…

1 I lift up my eyes to the hills.      From where does my help come?  2 My help comes from the Lord,      who made heaven and earth.  3 He will not…

1 In my distress I called to the Lord,      and he answered me.  2 Deliver me, O Lord,      from lying lips,      from a deceitful tongue.  3 What shall be given…