123:1 A song of ascents.
I look up toward you,
the one enthroned in heaven.
as the eyes of a female servant look to the hand of her mistress,
so my eyes will look to the
For we have had our fill of humiliation, and then some.
of the taunts of the self-assured,
of the contempt of the proud.
A song of ascents, by David.
"If the
let Israel say this! -
when men attacked us,
when their anger raged against us.
the current would have overwhelmed us.
would have overwhelmed us.
for he did not hand us over as prey to their teeth.
The snare broke, and we escaped.
the Creator of heaven and earth.
A song of ascents.
Those who trust in the
it cannot be upended and will endure forever.
so the
now and forevermore.
upon the allotted land of the godly.
Otherwise the godly might
do what is wrong.
to the morally upright!
may the
May Israel experience peace!
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