Psalm 121:1-2
Brenton Septuagint Translation
Chapter overview
Psalm 121 lifts pilgrim eyes beyond mountains toward the maker and keeper who never sleeps. Shade, watchful presence, and comprehensive protection accompany every step, departure, and return now and in the future.
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1A Song of Degrees. I was glad when they said to me, Let us go into the house of the Lord.
2Our feet stood in thy courts, O Jerusalem.
3Jerusalem is built as a city whose fellowship is complete.
4For thither the tribes went up, the tribes of the Lord, as a testimony for Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the Lord.
5For there are set thrones for judgment, even thrones for the house of David.
6Pray now for the peace of Jerusalem: and let there be prosperity to them that love thee.
7Let peace, I pray, be within thine host, and prosperity in thy palaces.
8For the sake of my brethren and my neighbours, I have indeed spoken peace concerning thee.
9Because of the house of the Lord our God, I have diligently sought thy good.
Verses to memorize from Psalm 121
- Psalm 121:1-2A Song of Degrees. I was glad when they said to me, Let us go into the…
- Psalm 121:7-8Let peace, I pray, be within thine host, and prosperity in thy palaces.
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