Through My Bible – October 10

Psalm 124 – 126 (EHV)




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¹ Unless it was the Lord who was for us—

let Israel say—

² unless it was the Lord who was for us

when people ^[1] rose against us,

³ they would have swallowed us alive

when their anger burned against us.

⁴ Then the waters would have submerged us.

The torrent would have swept our lives away.

⁵ Then the wild waters would have swept us away.

⁶ Blessed be the Lord,

    who has not let us be prey for their teeth.

⁷ We have escaped with our lives

    like a bird out of the fowlers’ snare.

The snare has been broken, and we have escaped.

⁸ Our help is in the name of the Lord,

    the Maker of heaven and earth.

¹ Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion.

It cannot be shaken. It will stand forever.

² As Jerusalem is surrounded by mountains,

so the Lord surrounds his people from now to eternity.

³ No, the scepter of wickedness will not rest

    on the land assigned to the righteous,

so that the righteous do not reach out their hands toward evil.

⁴ Do good, O Lord, for the good

and for those who are upright in their hearts.

⁵ But those who turn to their crooked ways—

the Lord will send them away with the evildoers.

Peace be on Israel.

¹ When the Lord restored the captives to Zion, ^[2]

    we were like dreamers.

² Then our mouths were filled with laughter,

and our tongues with shouts of joy.

Then they said among the nations,

“The Lord has done great things for them.”

³ The Lord has done great things for us.

We are glad.

⁴ Restore our fortunes, O Lord, like the dry gulches of the Negev.

⁵ Those who sow with weeping will reap with joyful shouts.

⁶ The one who walks along weeping, carrying a bag of seed to sow,

    will come back again with joyful shouts, carrying his sheaves.

Footnotes

1. Psalm 124:2 The Hebrew has a collective singular, mankind. The context refers to the nations hostile to Israel, especially Assyria and Babylon.


2. Psalm 126:1 Or when the Lord restored the fortunes of Zion