Ascent: Psalm 129

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Psalm 129 Many a time have they fought against me from my youth up may Israel now say. Yea, many a time have they vexed me from my youth up, but they have not prevailed against me. The plowers plowed upon my back and made long furrows. But the righteous Lord hath hewn...

Ascent: Psalm 128

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Psalm 128 Blessed are all they that fear the Lord and walk in his ways. For thou shalt eat the labours of thine hands: O well is thee, and happy shalt thou be. Thy wife shall be as the fruitful vine upon the walls of thine house. Thy children like the olive-branches...

Ascent: Psalm 127

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  Psalm 127 Except the Lord build the house, their labour is but lost that build it. Except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain. It is but lost labour that ye haste to rise up early, and so late take rest, and eat the bread of carefulness, for...

Ascent: Psalm 126

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  Psalm 126 When the Lord turned again the captivity of Sion then we were like unto them that dream. Then was our mouth filled with laughter and our tongue with joy. Then said they among the heathen: The Lord has done great things for them. Yea, the Lord has done...

Psalm 125

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Psalm 125 They that put their trust in the Lord shall be even as Mount Zion which may not be removed but standeth fast forever. As the hills stand about Jerusalem, even so standeth the Lord round about his people from this time forth forevermore. For the rod of the...