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Song of Victory over Zion's Enemies

A Psalm of Ascent

1 From my earliest youth my enemies have persecuted me.  Let all Israel repeat this:  2 From my earliest youth my enemies have persecuted me, but they have never defeated me.  3 My back is covered with cuts, as if a farmer had plowed long furrows.  4 But Yehovah is good; he has cut me free from the ropes of the ungodly.  5 May all who hate Jerusalem be turned back in shameful defeat.  6 May they be as useless as grass on a rooftop, turning yellow when only half grown, 7 Ignored by the harvester, despised by the binder.   8 And may those who pass by refuse to give them this blessing:  "Yehovah bless you; we bless you in Yehovah's name."

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Blessings of Those Who Fear Yehovah

A Psalm of Ascent

1 How joyful are those who fear Yehovah - all who follow His ways!  2 You will enjoy the fruit of your labor.   How joyful and prosperous you will be!  3. Your wife will be like a fruitful grapevine, flourishing within your home.  Your children will be like vigorous young olive trees as they sit around your table.  4. That is Yehovah's blessing for those who fear him.  5 May Yehovah continually bless you from Zion.  May you see Jerusalem prosper as long as you live.  6 May you live to enjoy your grandchildren.  May Israel have peace!

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A Psalm of Ascent

1. Unless Yehovah builds the house, they labor in vain who build it; unless Yehovah guards the city, the watchman stays awake in vain.  2 It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows; for so He gives His beloved sleep.  

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A Psalm of Ascent

5 Those who sow in tears shall reap in joy.  6 He who continually goes forth weeping, bearing seed for sowing, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.  

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A Psalm of Ascent

1 When Yehovah brought back his exiles to Jerusalem, it was like a dream! 2 We were filled with laughter, and we sang for joy.  And the other nations said, "What amazing things Yehovah has done for them."  3 Yes, Yehovah has done amazing things for us!  What joy!  4 Restore our fortunes, Yehovah, as streams renew the desert.  

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Yehovah the Strength of His People

A Song of Ascents

1 Those who trust in Yehovah are like Mount Zion, which cannot be moved, but abides forever.  2 As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so Yehovah surrounds His people from this time forth and forever.  3 For the scepter of wickedness shall not rest on the land allotted to the righteous, lest the righteous reach out their hands to iniquity.  4 Do good, O Yehovah, to those who are good, and to those who are upright in their hearts.  5 As for such as turn aside to their crooked ways, Yehovah shall lead them away with the workers of iniquity.  Peace be upon Israel!

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Yehovah the Defense of His People

A song of Ascents.  Of David

"Had it not been Yehovah who was on our side," Let Israel now say - 2 "If it had not been Yehovah who was on our side, when men rose up against us, 3 then they would have swallowed us alive, when their wrath was kindled against us, 4 then the waters would have overwhelmed us, the stream would have gone over our soul; 5 then the swollen waters would have gone over our soul."  6 Blessed be Yehovah, who has not given us as prey to their teeth.  7 Our soul has escaped as a bird from the snare of the fowlers; the snare is broken, and we have escaped.  8 Our help is in the name of Yehovah, who made heaven and earth.  

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Prayer for Relief from Contempt

A Song of Ascents.

1 Unto You I lift up my eyes, O You who dwell in the heavens.  2 Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their masters, as the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes look to Yehovah our God, until He has mercy on us.  3 Have mercy on us, O Yehovah, have mercy on us!  For we are exceedingly filled with contempt.  4 Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorn of those who are at ease, with the contempt of the the proud.  

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The Joy of Going to the House of Yehovah

A Song of Ascent.  Of David.

1 I was glad when they said to me, "Let us go into the house of Yehovah."  2 Our feet have been standing within your gates, O Jerusalem!  3 Jerusalem is built as a city that is compact together, 4 where the tribes go up, the tribes of Yehovah to the Testimony of Israel, to give thanks to the name of Yehovah.  5 For thrones are set there for judgment, the thrones of the house of David.  6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem:  "May they prosper who love you.  7 Peace be within your walls, prosperity within your palaces."  8 For the sake of my brethren and companions, I will now say, "Peace be within you."  9 Because of the house of Yehovah our God I will seek your good.  

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A Song of Ascent / A song for pilgrims ascending to Jerusalem

I took my troubles to Yehovah; I cried out to him, and he answered my prayer.  2 Rescue me, O Yehovah, from liars and from all deceitful people.  3 O deceptive tongue, what will God do to you?  How will he increase your punishment?  4 You will be pierced with sharp arrows and burned with glowing coals.  5 How I suffer in far-off Meshech.  It pains me to live in distant Kedar.  6  I am tired of living among people who hate peace.  7 I search for peace; but when I speak of peace, they want war!