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120 Canticum graduum. Levavi oculos meos in montes, unde veniet auxilium mihi.

Auxilium meum a Domino, qui fecit caelum et terram.

Non det in commotionem pedem tuum, neque dormitet qui custodit te.

Ecce non dormitabit neque dormiet qui custodit Israel.

Dominus custodit te; Dominus protectio tua super manum dexteram tuam.

Per diem sol non uret te, neque luna per noctem.

Dominus custodit te ab omni malo; custodiat animam tuam Dominus.

Dominus custodiat introitum tuum et exitum tuum, ex hoc nunc et usque in saeculum.

121 Canticum graduum. Laetatus sum in his quae dicta sunt mihi: In domum Domini ibimus.

Stantes erant pedes nostri in atriis tuis, Jerusalem.

Jerusalem, quae aedificatur ut civitas, cujus participatio ejus in idipsum.

Illuc enim ascenderunt tribus, tribus Domini: testimonium Israel, ad confitendum nomini Domini.

Quia illic sederunt sedes in judicio, sedes super domum David.

Rogate quae ad pacem sunt Jerusalem, et abundantia diligentibus te.

Fiat pax in virtute tua, et abundantia in turribus tuis.

Propter fratres meos et proximos meos, loquebar pacem de te.

Propter domum Domini Dei nostri, quaesivi bona tibi.

122 Canticum graduum. Ad te levavi oculos meos, qui habitas in caelis.

Ecce sicut oculi servorum in manibus dominorum suorum; sicut oculi ancillae in manibus dominae suae: ita oculi nostri ad Dominum Deum nostrum, donec misereatur nostri.

Miserere nostri, Domine, miserere nostri, quia multum repleti sumus despectione;

quia multum repleta est anima nostra opprobrium abundantibus, et despectio superbis.

Psalm 120

A song of ascents.

I call on the Lord(A) in my distress,(B)
    and he answers me.
Save me, Lord,
    from lying lips(C)
    and from deceitful tongues.(D)

What will he do to you,
    and what more besides,
    you deceitful tongue?
He will punish you with a warrior’s sharp arrows,(E)
    with burning coals of the broom bush.

Woe to me that I dwell in Meshek,
    that I live among the tents of Kedar!(F)
Too long have I lived
    among those who hate peace.
I am for peace;
    but when I speak, they are for war.

Psalm 121

A song of ascents.

I lift up my eyes to the mountains—
    where does my help come from?
My help comes from the Lord,
    the Maker of heaven(G) and earth.(H)

He will not let your foot slip—
    he who watches over you will not slumber;
indeed, he who watches(I) over Israel
    will neither slumber nor sleep.

The Lord watches over(J) you—
    the Lord is your shade at your right hand;
the sun(K) will not harm you by day,
    nor the moon by night.

The Lord will keep you from all harm(L)
    he will watch over your life;
the Lord will watch over your coming and going
    both now and forevermore.(M)

Psalm 122

A song of ascents. Of David.

I rejoiced with those who said to me,
    “Let us go to the house of the Lord.”
Our feet are standing
    in your gates, Jerusalem.

Jerusalem is built like a city
    that is closely compacted together.
That is where the tribes go up—
    the tribes of the Lord
to praise the name of the Lord
    according to the statute given to Israel.
There stand the thrones for judgment,
    the thrones of the house of David.

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem:
    “May those who love(N) you be secure.
May there be peace(O) within your walls
    and security within your citadels.(P)
For the sake of my family and friends,
    I will say, “Peace be within you.”
For the sake of the house of the Lord our God,
    I will seek your prosperity.(Q)