The LORD Is Thy Keeper

1211 I will lift up my eyes to the hills.
Where does my help come from? 2 My help comes from Yahweh,
who made heaven and earth. 3 He will not allow your foot to be moved.
He who keeps you will not slumber. 4 Behold, he who keeps Israel
will neither slumber nor sleep. 5 Yahweh is your keeper.
Yahweh is your shade on your right hand. 6 The sun will not harm you by day,
nor the moon by night. 7 Yahweh will keep you from all evil.
He will keep your soul. 8 Yahweh will keep your going out and your coming in,
from this time forth, and forevermore.

A Prayer for Mercy

1231 To you I do lift up my eyes,
you who sit in the heavens. 2 Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master,
as the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress;
so our eyes look to Yahweh, our God,
until he has mercy on us. 3 Have mercy on us, Yahweh, have mercy on us,
for we have endured much contempt. 4 Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scoffing of those who are at ease,
with the contempt of the proud.

Praise for Deliverance from Enemies

1241 If it had not been Yahweh who was on our side,
let Israel now say, 2 if it had not been Yahweh who was on our side,
when men rose up against us; 3 then they would have swallowed us up alive,
when their wrath was kindled against us; 4 then the waters would have overwhelmed us,
the stream would have gone over our soul; 5 then the proud waters would have gone over our soul.

6 Blessed be Yahweh,
who has not given us as a prey to their teeth. 7 Our soul has escaped like a bird out of the fowler’s snare.
The snare is broken, and we have escaped. 8 Our help is in the name of Yahweh,
who made heaven and earth.

The LORD Is Round about His People

1251 Those who trust in Yahweh are as Mount Zion,
which can’t be moved, but remains forever. 2 As the mountains surround Jerusalem,
so Yahweh surrounds his people from this time forth and forevermore. 3 For the scepter of wickedness won’t remain over the allotment of the righteous;
so that the righteous won’t use their hands to do evil.

4 Do good, Yahweh, to those who are good,
to those who are upright in their hearts. 5 But as for those who turn aside to their crooked ways,
Yahweh will lead them away with the workers of iniquity.
Peace be on Israel.

The Blessedness of Him Who Fears the LORD

1281 Blessed is everyone who fears Yahweh,
who walks in his ways. 2 For you will eat the labor of your hands.
You will be happy, and it will be well with you. 3 Your wife will be as a fruitful vine,
in the innermost parts of your house;
your children like olive plants,
around your table. 4 Behold, thus is the man blessed who fears Yahweh. 5 May Yahweh bless you out of Zion,
and may you see the good of Jerusalem all the days of your life. 6 Yes, may you see your children’s children.
Peace be upon Israel.

A Prayer for the Overthrow of Zion's Enemies

1291 Many times they have afflicted me from my youth up.
Let Israel now say, 2 many times they have afflicted me from my youth up,
yet they have not prevailed against me. 3 The plowers plowed on my back.
They made their furrows long. 4 Yahweh is righteous.
He has cut apart the cords of the wicked.

5 Let them be disappointed and turned backward,
all those who hate Zion. 6 Let them be as the grass on the housetops,
which withers before it grows up; 7 with which the reaper doesn’t fill his hand,
nor he who binds sheaves, his bosom. 8 Neither do those who go by say,
“The blessing of Yahweh be on you.
We bless you in the name of Yahweh.”

Hope in the LORD's Redemption

1301 Out of the depths I have cried to you, Yahweh. 2 Lord, hear my voice.
Let your ears be attentive to the voice of my petitions. 3 If you, Yah, kept a record of sins,
Lord, who could stand? 4 But there is forgiveness with you,
therefore you are feared.

5 I wait for Yahweh.
My soul waits.
I hope in his word. 6 My soul longs for the Lord more than watchmen long for the morning;
more than watchmen for the morning. 7 Israel, hope in Yahweh,
for with Yahweh there is loving kindness.
With him is abundant redemption. 8 He will redeem Israel from all their sins.