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A song of ascents.

I lift my eyes to You, the One enthroned in heaven.^(a)

Like a servant's eyes on his master's hand, like a servant girl's eyes on her mistress's hand, so our eyes are on the Lord our God until He shows us favor.^(b)

Show us favor, Lord , show us favor, for we've had more than enough contempt.^(c)

We've had more than enough scorn from the arrogant and contempt from the proud.^(d)

A Davidic song of ascents.

If the Lord had not been on our side— let Israel say—

If the Lord had not been on our side^(a) when men attacked us,^(b)

then they would have swallowed us alive in their burning anger against us.^(c)

Then the waters would have engulfed us; the torrent would have swept over us;

the raging waters would have swept over us.^(d)

Praise the Lord , who has not let us be ripped apart by their teeth.^(e)

We have escaped like a bird from the hunter's net; the net is torn, and we have escaped.^(f)

Our help is in the name of Yahweh, the Maker of heaven and earth.^(g)

A song of ascents.

Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion. It cannot be shaken; it remains forever.^(a)

Jerusalem—the mountains surround her. And the Lord surrounds His people, both now and forever.^(b)

The scepter of the wicked will not remain over the land allotted to the righteous, so that the righteous will not apply their hands to injustice.^(c)

Do what is good, Lord , to the good, to those whose hearts are upright.^(d)

But as for those who turn aside to crooked ways, the Lord will banish them with the evildoers.^(e) Peace be with Israel.^(f)