Psalm 120Psalm 121Psalm 122Psalm 123Psalm 124Psalm 125Psalm 126Psalm 127Romans 12.1-16Psalm 120
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O Lord, be the saviour of my soul from false lips, and from the tongue of deceit.
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What punishment will he give you? what more will he do to you, you false tongue?
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Sharp arrows of the strong, and burning fire.
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Sorrow is mine because I am strange in Meshech, and living in the tents of Kedar.
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My soul has long been living with the haters of peace.
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I am for peace: but when I say so, they are for war.
Psalm 121
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Your help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth.
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May he not let your foot be moved: no need of sleep has he who keeps you.
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See, the eyes of Israel's keeper will not be shut in sleep.
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The Lord is your keeper the Lord is your shade on your right hand.
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You will not be touched by the sun in the day, or by the moon at night.
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The Lord will keep you safe from all evil he will take care of your soul.
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The Lord will keep watch over your going out and your coming in, from this time and for ever.
Psalm 122
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At last our feet were inside your doors, O Jerusalem.
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O Jerusalem, you are like a town which is well joined together
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To which the tribes went up, even the tribes of the Lord, for a witness to Israel, to give praise to the name of the Lord.
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For there seats for the judges were placed, even the rulers' seats of the line of David.
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O make prayers for the peace of Jerusalem may they whose love is given to you do well.
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May peace be inside your walls, and wealth in your noble houses.
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Because of my brothers and friends, I will now say, Let peace be with you.
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Because of the house of the Lord our God, I will be working for your good.
Psalm 123
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See! as the eyes of servants are turned to the hands of their masters, and the eyes of a servant-girl to her owner, so our eyes are waiting for the Lord our God, till he has mercy on us.
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Have mercy on us, O Lord, have mercy on us: for all men are looking down on us.
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For long enough have men of pride made sport of our soul.
Psalm 124
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If it had not been the Lord who was on our side, when men came up against us
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They would have made a meal of us while still living, in the heat of their wrath against us:
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We would have been covered by the waters the streams would have gone over our soul
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Yes, the waters of pride would have gone over our soul.
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Praise be to the Lord, who has not let us be wounded by their teeth.
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Our soul has gone free like a bird out of the net of those who would take her: the net is broken, and we are free.
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Our help is in the name of the Lord, the maker of heaven and earth.
Psalm 125
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As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the Lord is round about his people, from this time and for ever.
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For the rod of sinners will not be resting on the heritage of the upright so that the upright may not put out their hands to evil.
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Do good, O Lord, to those who are good, and to those who are upright in heart.
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But as for such as are turned out of the straight way, the Lord will take them away with the workers of evil. Let peace be on Israel.
Psalm 126
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Then our mouths were full of laughing, and our tongues gave a glad cry they said among the nations, The Lord has done great things for them.
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The Lord has done great things for us because of which we are glad.
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Let our fate be changed, O Lord, like the streams in the South.
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Those who put in seed with weeping will get in the grain with cries of joy.
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Though a man may go out weeping, taking his vessel of seed with him he will come again in joy, with the corded stems of grain in his arms.
Psalm 127
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It is of no use for you to get up early, and to go late to your rest, with the bread of sorrow for your food for the Lord gives to his loved ones in sleep.
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See, sons are a heritage from the Lord the fruit of the body is his reward.
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Like arrows in the hand of a man of war, are the children of the young.
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Happy is the man who has a good store of them he will not be put to shame, but his cause will be supported by them against his haters.
Romans 12
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For this reason I make request to you, brothers, by the mercies of God, that you will give your bodies as a living offering, holy, pleasing to God, which is the worship it is right for you to give him.
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And let not your behaviour be like that of this world, but be changed and made new in mind, so that by experience you may have knowledge of the good and pleasing and complete purpose of God.
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But I say to every one of you, through the grace given to me, not to have an over-high opinion of himself, but to have wise thoughts, as God has given to every one a measure of faith.
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For, as we have a number of parts in one body, but all the parts have not the same use,
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So we, though we are a number of persons, are one body in Christ, and are dependent on one another
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And having different qualities by reason of the grace given to us, such as the quality of a prophet, let it be made use of in relation to the measure of our faith
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Or the position of a Deacon of the church, let a man give himself to it or he who has the power of teaching, let him make use of it
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He who has the power of comforting, let him do so he who gives, let him give freely he who has the power of ruling, let him do it with a serious mind he who has mercy on others, let it be with joy.
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Let love be without deceit. Be haters of what is evil keep your minds fixed on what is good.
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Be kind to one another with a brother's love, putting others before yourselves in honour
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Be not slow in your work, but be quick in spirit, as the Lord's servants
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Being glad in hope, quiet in trouble, at all times given to prayer,
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Giving to the needs of the saints, ready to take people into your houses.
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Give blessing and not curses to those who are cruel to you.
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Take part in the joy of those who are glad, and in the grief of those who are sorrowing.
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Be in harmony with one another. Do not have a high opinion of yourselves, but be in agreement with common people. Do not give yourselves an air of wisdom.
