God

I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go to the house of the LORD.”

where the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, as a testimony for Israel, to give thanks to the name of the LORD.

For the sake of the house of the LORD our God, I will seek your prosperity.

I lift up my eyes to You, the One enthroned in heaven.

As the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maidservant look to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes are on the LORD our God until He shows us mercy.

Have mercy on us, O LORD, have mercy, for we have endured much contempt.

If the LORD had not been on our side— let Israel now declare—

if the LORD had not been on our side when men attacked us,

Blessed be the LORD, who has not given us as prey to their teeth.

Our help is in the name of the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth.

Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion. It cannot be moved; it abides forever.

As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the LORD surrounds His people, both now and forevermore.

Do good, O LORD, to those who are good, and to the upright in heart.

But those who turn to crooked ways the LORD will banish with the evildoers. Peace be upon Israel.

When the LORD restored the captives of Zion, we were like dreamers.

Then our mouths were filled with laughter, our tongues with shouts of joy. Then it was said among the nations, “The LORD has done great things for them.”

The LORD has done great things for us; we are filled with joy.

Restore our captives, O LORD, like streams in the Negev.

Unless the LORD builds the house, its builders labor in vain; unless the LORD protects the city, its watchmen stand guard in vain.

In vain you rise early and stay up late, toiling for bread to eat— for He gives sleep to His beloved.

Children are indeed a heritage from the LORD, and the fruit of the womb is His reward.

Blessed are all who fear the LORD, who walk in His ways!

In this way indeed shall blessing come to the man who fears the LORD.

May the LORD bless you from Zion, that you may see the prosperity of Jerusalem all the days of your life,

The LORD is righteous; He has cut me from the cords of the wicked.