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© 2017, G. E. Turner III, all rights reserved. No part of this publication may be Note: All scripture in this book is in the public domain or a translation by the author. reproduced or replicated in any form whatsoever without express written Hebrew scripture passages are based on the Biblia Hebraica tradition. Greek permission. scripture passages and their translation are based on the Septuagint first published by L. C. L. Brenton in 1851. The English translation provided for the Hebrew text utilized the same framework as the 1901 American Standard Version of the Bible.

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This little book is the result of a series of To those who continue to study, especially those studies on the collection of Psalms commonly who study with me, I give you my thanks for referred to as the “Psalms of Ascent” or “Songs your insights shared and your encouragement of the Ascents” – Psalm 120 through 134. In for the next generation. what follows, you will find the Hebrew (based G.E.Turner on the early edition of Biblia Hebraica with insight from the larger tradition) an English Translation (using the framework of the 1901 American Standard Version), and the Septuagint parallels. This edition also includes Lancelot C.L. Brenton’s 1851 translation of the Septuagint. Numerous people should be acknowledged for the ongoing 5 efforts to provide publically available translations and original sources for biblical study. For those interested in online sources that continue to provide access to historical sources such as the Hebrew Bible and the Greek Septuagint, the work of such groups like the

Society of Biblical Literature, Mechon Mamre, Elpenor, and others cannot be ignored. I am grateful to those who took time to lay the foundations for my understanding of languages of the Bible and their translation.

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______Psalm 120 120 ______A Song of the Ascents. 120 1 In my distress, I cried to Yahweh. 1 שִׁיר הַמַעֲלֹות ______He answered me. אֶל-יְהוָה בַצָרָ תָה לִׁיקָרָ אתִׁי וַיַעֲנֵנִׁי: ______120 2 Deliver my soul, Yahweh, from lying lips, ______.from a deceitful tongue 2 יְהוָה הַצִׁילָהנַפְשִׁי מִׁשְפַת- שֶקֶרמִׁלָשֹון 120 רְ מִׁיָה: ______3 What will be given to you, and what will be ,done more to you 3 מַה- יִׁתֵןלְָך ּומַה- יֹּסִׁיף לְָךלָשֹון רְ מִׁיָה: ______you deceitful tongue? 120 4 חִׁצֵי גִׁבֹור שְנּונִׁים עִׁם גַחֲלֵי רְ תָמִׁים: ______4 Sharp arrows of the mighty,

.with coals of juniper 5 אֹויָה-לִׁי, כִׁי-גַרְ תִׁי מֶשְֶךשָכַנְתִׁי עִׁם- ______8 120 ,Woe is me, that I live in Meshech 5 ָאהֳלֵי קֵדָר: ______that I dwell among the tents of Kedar! 6 רַ בַת שָכְנָה-לָּה נַפְשִׁיעִׁם ׂשֹונֵא שָלֹום: ______120 6 My soul has had her dwelling too long ______.with him who hates peace 7 אֲנִׁי-שָלֹום וְכִׁי אֲדַבֵר הֵמָה לַמִׁלְחָמָה: ______120 120 7 I am for peace, ______but when I speak, they are for war. ______

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ΨΑΛΜΟΙ 120 [119] 120 [119]

᾿Οιδὴ τῶν ἀναβαθμῶν. A Song of Degrees. ______Πρὸς κύριον ἐν τῷ θλίβεσθαί με 1 In mine affliction I cried to the Lord, and ______ἐκέκραξα, καὶ εἰσήκουσέν μου. he hearkened to me. 2 Deliver my soul, ______2 κύριε, ῥῦσαι τὴν ψυχήν μου ἀπὸ χειλέων O Lord, from unjust lips, and from a ______ἀδίκων deceitful tongue. καὶ ἀπὸ γλώσσης δολίας. 3 What should be given to thee, and what ______3 τί δοθείη σοι καὶ τί προστεθείη σοι should be added to thee, for [thy] ______ρὸς γλῶσσαν δολίαν; crafty tongue? 4 Sharpened weapons π ______4 τὰ βέλη τοῦ δυνατοῦ ἠκονημένα of the mighty, with coals of the desert. ______σὺν τοῖς ἄνθραξιν τοῖς ἐρημικοῖς. 5 Woe is me, that my sojourning is prolonged; I have tabernacled among ______5 οἴμμοι, ὅτι ἡ παροικία μου ἐμακρύνθη, 9 the tents of Kedar. 6 My soul has long κατεσκήνωσα μετὰ τῶν σκηνωμάτων ______been a sojourner; 7 I was peaceable Κηδαρ. ______among them that hated peace; when I 6 πολλὰ παρῴκησεν ἡ ψυχή μου. spoke to them, they warred against me ______7 μετὰ τῶν μισούντων τὴν εἰρήνην ἤμην without a cause. ______εἰρηνικός·

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121 Psalm 121 ______A Song to the Ascents 121 1 שִׁיר לַמַעֲלֹות 1 I will lift up my eyes to the hills. אֶשָא עֵינַי אֶל-הֶהָרִׁ ים מֵַאיִׁן יָבֹּא עֶזְרִׁ י: ______Where does my help come from? 121 2 My help comes from Yahweh, 2 עֶזְרִׁ י מֵעִׁם יְהוָהעֹּׂשֵה שָמַיִׁם וָָארֶ ץ: ______Maker of heaven and earth. ______121 3 ַאל- יִׁתֵןלַמֹוט רַ גְלֶָך ַאל-יָנּום שֹּמְרֶ ָך: 3 He will not allow your foot to be moved. ______.He who keeps you will not slumber 4 הִׁנֵה ֹלא-יָנּום וְֹלא יִׁישָן שֹומֵריִׁׂשְרָ אֵל: ______121 Behold, he who keeps Israel 4 5 יְהוָה שֹּמְרֶ ָך יְהוָהצִׁלְָך עַל-יַד יְמִׁינֶָך: ______will neither slumber nor sleep. 121 6 יֹומָם הַשֶמֶש ֹלא-יַכֶכָה וְיָרֵ חַ בַלָיְלָה: ______5 Yahweh is your keeper. 10 .Yahweh is your shade on your right hand 7 יְהוָה יִׁשְמָרְ ָך מִׁכָל-רָ עיִׁשְמֹּר אֶת- ______121 ,The sun will not harm you by day 6 נַפְשֶָך: ______

______nor the moon by night. 121 8 יְהוָה יִׁשְמָר-צֵאתְָך ּובֹואֶָך מֵעַתָה, וְעַד- 7 Yahweh will keep you from all evil. עֹולָם: ______He will keep your soul. ______121 8 Yahweh will keep your going out and your ______121 coming in, ______from this time forward, and forever more. ______

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ΨΑΛΜΟΙ 121 [120] 121 [120] ______᾿Οιδὴ τῶν ἀναβαθμῶν. A Song of Degrees. ______1 ῏Ηρα τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς μου εἰς τὰ ὄρη I lifted up mine eyes to the mountains, ______Πόθεν ἥξει ἡ βοήθειά μου; whence my help shall come. 2 My help 2 ἡ βοήθειά μου παρὰ κυρίου [shall come] from the Lord, who made ______τοῦ οιήσαντος τὸν οὐρανὸν καὶ τὴν γῆν π . the heaven and the earth. 3 Let not thy ______3 μὴ δῷς εἰς σάλον τὸν πόδα σου, foot be moved; and let not thy keeper ______μηδὲ νυστάξῃ ὁ φυλάσσων σε. slumber. 4 Behold, he that keeps Israel shall not slumber nor sleep. 5 The Lord ______4 ἰδοὺ οὐ νυστάξει οὐδὲ ὑπνώσει shall keep thee: the Lord is thy shelter ὁ φυλάσσων τὸν Ισραηλ ______. upon thy right hand. 6 The sun shall 5 κύριος φυλάξει σε, not burn thee by day, neither the moon ______κύριος σκέπη σου ἐπὶ χεῖρα δεξιάν σου· by night. 7 May the Lord preserve thee ______11

6 ἡμέρας ὁ ἥλιος οὐ συγκαύσει σε from all evil: the Lord shall keep thy ______οὐδὲ ἡ σελήνη τὴν νύκτα. soul. 8 The Lord shall keep thy coming in, and thy going out, from henceforth ______7 κύριος φυλάξει σε ἀπὸ παντὸς κακοῦ, and even for ever. ______φυλάξει τὴν ψυχήν σου. ______8 κύριος φυλάξει τὴν εἴσοδόν σου καὶ τὴν ἔξοδόν σου ______ἀπὸ τοῦ νῦν καὶ ἕως τοῦ αἰῶνος. ______

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122 Psalm 122 ______A Song of the Ascents. By David. 122 1 שִׁיר הַמַעֲלֹות לְדָוִׁד 1 I was glad when they said to me, ׂשָמַחְתִׁי בְאֹּמְרִׁ ים לִׁי בֵית יְהוָה נֵלְֵך: ______“Let’s go to Yahweh’s house!” 122 2 Our feet are standing within your gates, 2 עֹּמְדֹות הָיּו רַ גְלֵינּו בִׁשְעָרַ יְִׁך יְרּושָלָ ִׁם: ______Jerusalem; ______122 3 יְרּושָלַ ִׁם הַבְנּויָה כְעִׁיר שֶחֻבְרָ ה-לָּה יַחְדָו: 3 Jerusalem, that is built as a city that is ______;compact together 4 שֶשָם עָלּו שְבָטִׁים שִׁבְטֵי-יָּה עֵדּות ______122 ,where the tribes go up, even the tribes of Yah 4 לְיִׁׂשְרָ אֵל לְהֹּדֹות לְשֵם יְהוָה: ,according to an ordinance for Israel 5 כִׁי שָמָה | יָשְבּוכִׁסְאֹות לְמִׁשְפָ : כִׁסְאֹות ______.to give thanks to Yahweh’s name לְבֵית דָוִׁד: ______12 122 ______5 For there are set thrones for judgment, 6 שַאֲלּו שְלֹום יְרּושָלָ ִׁם יִׁשְלָיּואֹּהֲבָיְִׁך: ______the thrones of David’s house. 1226 .Pray for the peace of Jerusalem 7 יְהִׁי-שָלֹום בְחֵילְֵך שַלְוָהבְַארְ מְנֹותָיְִׁך: ______Those who love you will prosper. ______122 8 לְמַעַן ַאחַי וְרֵ עָי אֲדַבְרָ ה-נָא שָלֹום בְָך: 7 Peace be within your walls, ______.and prosperity within your palaces 9 לְמַעַן בֵית-יְהוָה א ֹלהֵינּו אֲבַקְשָהטֹוב לְָך: ______122 8 For the sake of my brothers and companions, ______I will now say, “Peace be within you.” 122 ______9 For the sake of the house of Yahweh our ______God,

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122 ΨΑΛΜΟΙ 122 [121] 122 [121] ______᾿Οιδὴ τῶν ἀναβαθμῶν. A Song of Degrees. ______Εὐφράνθην ἐ ὶ τοῖς εἰρηκόσιν μοι 1 π I was glad when they said to me, Let us go ______Εἰς οἶκον κυρίου πορευσόμεθα. into the house of the Lord. 2 Our feet ______2 ἑστῶτες ἦσαν οἱ πόδες ἡμῶν stood in thy courts, O Jerusalem. 3 ______ἐν ταῖς αὐλαῖς σου, Ιερουσαλημ. Jerusalem is built as a city whose fellowship is complete. 4 For thither 3 Ιερουσαλημ οἰκοδομουμένη ὡς πόλις ______the tribes went up, the tribes of the ἧς ἡ μετοχὴ αὐτῆς ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτό. ______Lord, as a testimony for Israel, to give 4 ἐκεῖ γὰρ ἀνέβησαν αἱ φυλαί, thanks unto the name of the Lord. 5 ______φυλαὶ κυρίου μαρτύριον τῷ Ισραηλ For there are set thrones for ______τοῦ ἐξομολογήσασθαι τῷ ὀνόματι κυρίου· judgement, [even] thrones for the ὅτι ἐκεῖ ἐκάθισαν θρόνοι εἰς κρίσιν ______5 , house of David. 13 θρόνοι ἐπὶ οἶκον Δαυιδ. ______6 Pray now for the peace of Jerusalem: ἐρωτήσατε δὴ τὰ εἰς εἰρήνην τὴν 6 and [let there be] prosperity to them ______Ιερουσαλημ , that love thee. 7 Let peace, I pray, be ______καὶ εὐθηνία τοῖς ἀγαπῶσίν σε· within thine host, and prosperity in ______7 γενέσθω δὴ εἰρήνη ἐν τῇ δυνάμει σου thy palaces. 8 For the sake of my brethren and my neighbours, I have ______καὶ εὐθηνία ἐν ταῖς πυργοβάρεσίν σου. indeed spoken peace concerning thee. 8 ἕνεκα τῶν ἀδελφῶν μου καὶ τῶν πλησίον ______9 Because of the house of the Lord our μου ______God, I have diligently sought thy ἐλάλουν δὴ εἰρήνην περὶ σοῦ· good. ______9 ἕνεκα τοῦ οἴκου κυρίου τοῦ θεοῦ ἡμῶν

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123 Psalm 123 ______A Song of the Ascents. 123 1 שִׁיר הַמַעֲלֹות ______1 To you I lift up my eyes, אֵלֶיָך נָׂשָאתִׁי אֶת-עֵינַי הַיֹּשְבִׁי בַשָמָיִׁם: ______you who sit in the heavens. 123 Behold, as the eyes of servants look to 2 2 הִׁנֵה כְעֵינֵי עֲבָדִׁים אֶל-יַד אֲדֹונֵיהֶם ______

,the hand of their master כְעֵינֵי שִׁפְחָה אֶל-יַד גְבִׁרְ תָּה ______as the eyes of a maid to the hand of her כֵן עֵינֵינּו, אֶל-יְהוָה א ֹלהֵינּו עַד שֶיְחָנֵנּו: ______mistress; 3 חָנֵנּו יְהוָהחָנֵנּו כִׁי-רַ ב ׂשָבַעְנּו בּוז: ______so our eyes look to Yahweh, our God, .until he has mercy on us 4 רַ בַת ׂשָבְעָה-לָּה נַפְשֵנּו ______123 Have mercy on us, Yahweh, have mercy on 3 הַלַעַג הַשַאֲנַנִׁים הַבּוז לִׁגְאֵיֹונִׁים : ______14 ______us, ______for we have endured much contempt. 123 ______4 Our soul is exceedingly filled with the 123 ______scoffing of those who are at ease, with the contempt of the proud. ______

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᾿Οιδὴ τῶν ἀναβαθμῶν. A Song of Degrees. ______Πρὸς σὲ ἦρα τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς μου 1 Unto thee who dwellest in heaven have I ______τὸν κατοικοῦντα ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ. lifted up mine eyes. 2 Behold, as the ______2 ἰδοὺ ὡς ὀφθαλμοὶ δούλων εἰς χεῖρας τῶν eyes of servants [are directed] to the ______κυρίων αὐτῶν, hands of their masters, [and] as the eyes of a maidservant to the hands of ______ὡς ὀφθαλμοὶ παιδίσκης εἰς χεῖρας τῆς her mistress; so our eyes [are directed] κυρίας αὐτῆς ______, to the Lord our God, until he have οὕτως οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ ἡμῶν πρὸς κύριον τὸν mercy upon us. 3 Have pity upon us, ______θεὸν ἡμῶν, O Lord, have pity upon us: for we are ______ἕως οὗ οἰκτιρήσαι ἡμᾶς exceedingly filled with contempt. 4 . ______15 3 ἐλέησον ἡμᾶς, κύριε, ἐλέησον ἡμᾶς, [Yea], our soul has been exceedingly filled [with it]: [let] the reproach [be] to ______ὅτι ἐπὶ πολὺ ἐπλήσθημεν ἐξουδενώσεως, them that are at ease, and contempt to ἐ ὶ λεῖον ἐ λήσθη ἡ ψυχὴ ἡμῶν τὸ ______4 π π π . the proud. ______ὄνειδος τοῖς εὐθηνοῦσιν, καὶ ἡ ἐξουδένωσις τοῖς ὑπερηφάνοις. ______

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124 Psalm 124 ______A Song of the Ascents. By David. 124 1 שִׁ יר הַמַעֲלֹות לְדָוִׁד ______1 If it had not been Yahweh who was on our ,side לּולֵי יְהוָהשֶהָיָה לָנּו יֹּאמַר-נָא יִׁׂשְרָ אֵל: ______let Israel now say, 2 לּולֵי יְהוָה שֶהָיָה לָנּו בְקּום עָלֵינּו ______124 if it had not been Yahweh who was on our 2 ָאדָם: ______,side 3 אֲזַי חַיִׁים בְלָעּונּו בַחֲרֹות אַפָם בָנּו: ______when men rose up against us; 124 ,then they would have swallowed us up alive 3 4 אֲזַי הַמַיִׁם שְטָפּונּו נַחְלָה עָבַר עַל- ______;when their wrath was kindled against us נַפְשֵנּו: ______124 ______4 then the waters would have overwhelmed 5 אֲזַי עָבַר עַל- נַפְשֵנּוהַמַיִׁם הַזֵידֹונִׁים: 16 ______us, 6 בָרּוְךיְהוָה שֶֹּלא נְתָנָנּו ףטֶרֶ לְשִׁנֵיהֶם: ______the stream would have gone over our soul; 124 5 then the proud waters would have gone 7 נַפְשֵנּו כְצִׁפֹורנִׁמְלְטָה מִׁפַחיֹוקְשִׁים: ______over our soul. הַפַחנִׁשְבָר וַאֲנַחְנּו נִׁמְלָטְנּו: ______124 6 Blessed be Yahweh, 8 עֶזְרֵ נּובְשֵם יְהוָה עֹּׂשֵה שָמַיִׁם וָָארֶ ץ: ______who has not given us as a prey to their teeth.

______1247 Our soul has escaped like a bird out of the ______fowler’s snare.

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ΨΑΛΜΟΙ 124 [123] 124 [123] ᾿Οιδὴ τῶν ἀναβαθμῶν. A Song of Degrees. ______1 Εἰ μὴ ὅτι κύριος ἦν ἐν ἡμῖν, If it had not been that the Lord was ______εἰπάτω δὴ Ισραηλ, among us, let Israel now say; 2 if it had ______εἰ μὴ ὅτι κύριος ἦν ἐν ἡμῖν not been that the Lord was among us, 2 ______ἐν τῷ ἐπαναστῆναι ἀνθρώπους ἐφ᾽ ἡμᾶς, when men rose up against us; 3 verily they would have swallowed us up ______3 ἄρα ζῶντας ἂν κατέπιον ἡμᾶς alive, when their wrath was kindled ______ἐν τῷ ὀργισθῆναι τὸν θυμὸν αὐτῶν ἐφ᾽ ἡμᾶς· against us: 4 verily the water would 4 ἄρα τὸ ὕδωρ κατεπόντισεν ἡμᾶς, ______have drowned us, our soul would χείμαρρον διῆλθεν ἡ ψυχὴ ἡμῶν· have gone under the torrent. 5 Yea, our ______5 ἄρα διῆλθεν ἡ ψυχὴ ἡμῶν soul would have gone under the τὸ ὕδωρ τὸ ἀνυ όστατον ______π . overwhelming water. 17 6 εὐλογητὸς κύριος, ὃς οὐκ ἔδωκεν ἡμᾶς ______6 Blessed be the Lord, who has not given εἰς θήραν τοῖς ὀδοῦσιν αὐτῶν ______. us for a prey to their teeth. 7 Our soul 7 ἡ ψυχὴ ἡμῶν ὡς στρουθίον ἐρρύσθη has been delivered as a sparrow from ______

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______125 Psalm 125 ______A Song of the Ascents. 125 Those who trust in Yahweh are as Mount 1 1 שִׁיר הַמַעֲלֹות ______,Zion הַבֹּטְחִׁים בַיהוָה כְהַר-צִׁיֹון ֹלא-יִׁמֹוט ______.which cannot be moved, but remains forever לְעֹולָם יֵשֵב: ______125 2 As the mountains surround Jerusalem, 2 יְרּושָלַ ִׁםהָרִׁ ים סָבִׁיב לָּה ______so Yahweh surrounds his people from this וַיהוָהסָבִׁיב לְעַמֹו מֵעַתָה וְעַד-עֹולָם: ______time forward and forever more. 125 For the scepter of wickedness won’t 3 3 כִׁי ֹלא יָנּוחַשֵבֶט הָרֶ שַע עַל גֹורַ ל ______remain over the allotment of the הַצַדִׁיקִׁים ______לְמַעַן ֹלא-יִׁשְלְחּו הַצַדִׁיקִׁים בְעַוְלָתָה 18 ______righteous; so that the righteous won’t use their hands יְדֵיהֶם: ______.to do evil 4 הֵיטִׁיבָה יְהוָה לַּטֹובִׁים וְלִׁישָרִׁ ים ______125 4 Do good, Yahweh, to those who are good, בְלִׁבֹותָם: ______to those who are upright in their hearts. ______125 But as for those who turn away to their 5 5 וְהַמַּטִׁים עֲקַלְקַלֹותָםיֹולִׁיכֵם יְהוָה אֶת- 125 פֹּעֲלֵי הָָאוֶן ______crooked ways,

______Yahweh will lead them away with the workers שָלֹום עַל-יִׁׂשְרָ אֵל: ______of iniquity.

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Psalms of Ascent

125 [124] ΨΑΛΜΟΙ 125 [124] A Song of Degrees. ______᾿Οιδὴ τῶν ἀναβαθμῶν. They that trust in the Lord [shall be] as ______1 Οἱ πεποιθότες ἐπὶ κύριον ὡς ὄρος Σιων· mount Sion: he that dwells in ______οὐ σαλευθήσεται εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα ὁ κατοικῶν Jerusalem shall never be moved. 2 The ______Ιερουσαλημ. mountains are round about her, and 2 ὄρη κύκλῳ αὐτῆς, [so] the Lord is round about his ______καὶ κύριος κύκλῳ τοῦ λαοῦ αὐτοῦ people, from henceforth and even for ______ἀ ὸ τοῦ νῦν καὶ ἕως τοῦ αἰῶνος ever. 3 For the Lord will not allow the π . ______rod of sinners to be upon the lot of the 3 ὅτι οὐκ ἀφήσει τὴν ῥάβδον τῶν ἁμαρτωλῶν righteous; lest the righteous should ______ἐπὶ τὸν κλῆρον τῶν δικαίων, stretch forth their hands to iniquity. ______ὅπως ἂν μὴ ἐκτείνωσιν οἱ δίκαιοι 19 4 Do good, O Lord, to them [that are] good, ἐν ἀνομίᾳ χεῖρας αὐτῶν. ______and to them [that are] upright in heart. ἀγάθυνον κύριε τοῖς ἀγαθοῖς ______4 , , 5 But them that turn aside to crooked καὶ τοῖς εὐθέσι τῇ καρδίᾳ· ways the Lord will lead away with the ______5 τοὺς δὲ ἐκκλίνοντας εἰς τὰς στραγγαλιὰς workers of iniquity: [but] peace [shall ______ἀπάξει κύριος μετὰ τῶν ἐργαζομένων τὴν be] upon Israel. ______ἀνομίαν. εἰρήνη ἐπὶ τὸν Ισραηλ. ______

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Songs of the Ascents

126 Psalm 126 ______A Song of the Ascents. 126 1 שִׁיר הַמַעֲלֹות ______1 When Yahweh brought back those who ,returned to Zion בְשּוב יְהוָה אֶת-שִׁיבַת צִׁיֹון הָיִׁינּו ______.we were like those who dream כְחֹּלְמִׁים: ______126 ,Then our mouth was filled with laughter 2 2 ָאז יִׁמָלֵא ׂשְחֹוק, פִׁינּוּולְשֹונֵנּו רִׁ נָה ______.and our tongue with singing ָאז יֹּאמְרּו בַגֹויִׁם הִׁגְדִׁיליְהוָה לַעֲׂשֹות עִׁם- ,Then they said among the nations אֵלֶה: ______“Yahweh has done great things for them.” 126 3 הִׁגְדִׁיל יְהוָה לַעֲׂשֹותעִׁמָנּו הָיִׁינּו ______3 Yahweh has done great things for us, ׂשְמֵחִׁים: ______and we are glad. 20 126 ,Restore our fortunes again, Yahweh 4 4 שּובָה יְהוָה אֶת-שבותנו )שְבִׁיתֵנּו( ______

.like the streams in the Negev כַאֲפִׁיקִׁים בַנֶגֶב: ______126 5 Those who sow in tears will reap in joy. 5 הַזֹּרְ עִׁים בְדִׁמְעָהבְרִׁ נָה יִׁקְצֹּרּו: ______126 6 He who goes out weeping, carrying ______126 6 הָלֹוְך יֵלְֵך | ּובָכֹּה נֹּׂשֵא מֶשְֶך-הַזָרַ ע seed for sowing, ______will certainly come again with joy, carrying his בֹּא-יָבֹּא בְרִׁ נָה נֹּׂשֵא אֲלֻמֹּתָיו: ______sheaves. ______

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Psalms of Ascent

ΨΑΛΜΟΙ 126 [125] 126 [125]

᾿Οιδὴ τῶν ἀναβαθμῶν. A Song of Degrees. ______᾿Εν τῷ ἐ ιστρέψαι κύριον τὴν 1 π When the Lord turned the captivity of ______αἰχμαλωσίαν Σιων Sion, we became as comforted ones. 2 ______ἐγενήθημεν ὡς παρακεκλημένοι. Then was our mouth filled with joy, 2 τότε ἐπλήσθη χαρᾶς τὸ στόμα ἡμῶν and our tongue with exultation: then ______καὶ ἡ γλῶσσα ἡμῶν ἀγαλλιάσεως. would they say among the Gentiles, ______τότε ἐροῦσιν ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν The Lord has done great things among ______᾿Εμεγάλυνεν κύριος τοῦ ποιῆσαι μετ᾽ αὐτῶν. them. 3 The Lord has done great things for us, we became joyful. ______3 ἐμεγάλυνεν κύριος τοῦ ποιῆσαι μεθ᾽ ἡμῶν, 4 Turn, O Lord, our captivity, as the ______steams in the south. 5 They that sow in ἐγενήθημεν εὐφραινόμενοι. ______21 tears shall reap in joy. 6 They went on 4 ἐπίστρεψον, κύριε, τὴν αἰχμαλωσίαν ἡμῶν ______and wept as they cast their seeds; but ὡς χειμάρρους ἐν τῷ νότῳ . they shall surely come with exultation, ______5 οἱ σπείροντες ἐν δάκρυσιν bringing their sheaves [with them]. ______ἐν ἀγαλλιάσει θεριοῦσιν. ______6 πορευόμενοι ἐπορεύοντο καὶ ἔκλαιον ______αἴροντες τὰ σπέρματα αὐτῶν·

ἐρχόμενοι δὲ ἥξουσιν ἐν ἀγαλλιάσει ______αἴροντες τὰ δράγματα αὐτῶν . ______

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Songs of the Ascents

127 Psalm 127 ______A Song of the Ascents. By Solomon. 127 1 שִׁיר הַמַעֲלֹות, לִׁשְֹלמֹּה ______1 Unless Yahweh builds the house, אִׁם-יְהוָה | ֹלא-יִׁבְנֶה בַיִׁת שָוְא | עָמְלּו ______they who build it labor in vain. בֹונָיו בֹו ______Unless Yahweh watches over the city, .the watchman guards it in vain אִׁם-יְהוָה ֹלא-יִׁשְמָר-עִׁיר שָוְא | שָקַד ______127 ,It is vain for you to rise up early 2 שֹומֵר: ______,to stay up late 2 שָוְא לָכֶם | מַשְכִׁימֵיקּום מְַאחֲרֵ י-שֶבֶת ______;eating the bread of toil אֹּכְלֵי לֶחֶם הָעֲצָבִׁים .for he gives sleep to his loved ones כֵן יִׁתֵן לִׁידִׁידֹו שֵנָא: ______127 ______3 Behold, children are a heritage of 3 הִׁנֵה נַחֲלַת יְהוָה בָנִׁים ׂשָכָר פְרִׁ י 22 ______Yahweh. הַבָטֶן: ______The fruit of the womb is his reward. 127 ,As arrows in the hand of a mighty man 4 4 כְחִׁצִׁים בְיַד-גִׁבֹור כֵןבְנֵי הַנְעּורִׁ ים: ______so are the children of youth. ______127 5 אַשְרֵ י הַגֶבֶר אֲשֶר מִׁלֵא אֶת-אַשְפָתֹו 5 Happy is the man who has his quiver full of ______127 מֵהֶם them. ֹלא-יֵבֹּשּו כִׁי-יְדַבְרּו אֶת-אֹויְבִׁים בַשָעַר: ______They won’t be disappointed when they ______speak with their enemies in the gate.

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Psalms of Ascent

ΨΑΛΜΟΙ 127 [126] 127 [126] ᾿Οιδὴ τῶν ἀναβαθμῶν· τῷ Σαλωμων. A Song of Degrees. ______1 ᾿Εὰν μὴ κύριος οἰκοδομήσῃ οἶκον, Except the Lord build the house, they that ______εἰς μάτην ἐκοπίασαν οἱ οἰκοδομοῦντες build labour in vain: except the Lord ______αὐτόν· keep the city, the watchman watches ______ἐὰν μὴ κύριος φυλάξῃ πόλιν, in vain. 2 It is vain for you to rise early: ______εἰς μάτην ἠγρύπνησεν ὁ φυλάσσων. ye rise up after resting, ye that eat the 2 εἰς μάτην ὑμῖν ἐστιν τοῦ ὀρθρίζειν, bread of grief; while he gives sleep to ______his beloved. ἐγείρεσθαι μετὰ τὸ καθῆσθαι, ______3 Behold, the inheritance of the Lord, οἱ ἔσθοντες ἄρτον ὀδύνης, ______children, the reward of the fruit of the ὅταν δῷ τοῖς ἀγαπητοῖς αὐτοῦ ὕπνον. womb. 4 As arrows in the hand of a ______3 ἰδοὺ ἡ κληρονομία κυρίου υἱοί, 23 mighty man; so are the children of ______ὁ μισθὸς τοῦ καρποῦ τῆς γαστρός. those who were outcasts. 5 Blessed is ______4 ὡσεὶ βέλη ἐν χειρὶ δυνατοῦ, the man who shall satisfy his desire οὕτως οἱ υἱοὶ τῶν ἐκτετιναγμένων. with them: they shall not be ashamed ______5 μακάριος ἄνθρωπος, ὃς πληρώσει τὴν when they shall speak to their enemies ______in the gates. ἐπιθυμίαν αὐτοῦ ἐξ αὐτῶν· ______

οὐ καταισχυνθήσονται, ὅταν λαλῶσι τοῖς ______ἐχθροῖς αὐτῶν ἐν ύλῃ π . ______

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Songs of the Ascents

128 Psalm 128 ______A Song of the Ascents. 128 1 שִׁיר הַמַעֲלֹות ______1 Blessed is everyone who fears Yahweh, .who walks in his ways אַשְרֵ י כָל-יְרֵ א יְהוָה הַהֹּלְֵך בִׁדְרָ כָיו: ______128 2 For you will eat the labor of your hands. 2 יְגִׁיעַ כַפֶיָךכִׁי תֹּאכֵל אַשְרֶ יָך, וְטֹוב לְָך: ______You will be happy, and it will be well with you. 128 3 אֶשְתְָך כְגֶפֶן פֹּרִׁ יָה בְיַרְ כְתֵי בֵיתֶָך ______3 Your wife will be as a fruitful vine, בָנֶיָךכִׁשְתִׁלֵי זֵיתִׁים סָבִׁיב לְשֻלְחָנֶָך: ______in the innermost parts of your house; ,your children like olive plants 4 הִׁנֵה כִׁי- כֵןיְבֹּרַ ְך גָבֶר יְרֵ א יְהוָה: ______.around your table 5 יְבָרֶ כְָך יְהוָה מִׁצִׁיֹון ______128 ______4 Behold, thus is the man blessed who fears ּורְ אֵה בְ טּוב יְרּושָלָ ִׁם כֹּל יְמֵי חַיֶיָך: 24 ______Yahweh. 128 6 ּורְ אֵה-בָנִׁים לְבָנֶיָך: ______5 May Yahweh bless you out of Zion, and may you see the good of Jerusalem all ______.the days of your life שָלֹום, עַל-יִׁׂשְרָ אֵל: ______128 6 Yes, may you see children of your children. ______128

______Peace be upon Israel. ______

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Psalms of Ascent

ΨΑΛΜΟΙ 128 [127] 128 [127]

᾿Οιδὴ τῶν ἀναβαθμῶν. A Song of Degrees. ______Μακάριοι άντες οἱ φοβούμενοι τὸν 1 π Blessed are all they that fear the Lord; ______κύριον who walk in his ways. 2 Thou shalt eat ______οἱ πορευόμενοι ἐν ταῖς ὁδοῖς αὐτοῦ. the labours of thy hands: blessed art 2 τοὺς πόνους τῶν καρπῶν σου φάγεσαι· thou, and it shall be well with thee. 3 ______μακάριος εἶ, καὶ καλῶς σοι ἔσται. Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine on ______the sides of thy house: thy children as 3 ἡ γυνή σου ὡς ἄμπελος εὐθηνοῦσα ______young olive-plants round about thy ἐν τοῖς κλίτεσι τῆς οἰκίας σου· ______οἱ υἱοί σου ὡς νεόφυτα ἐλαιῶν table. κύκλῳ τῆς τραπέζης σου. 4 Behold, thus shall the man be blessed ______4 ἰδοὺ οὕτως εὐλογηθήσεται ἄνθρωπος ὁ that fears the Lord. 5 May the Lord ______25 φοβούμενος τὸν κύριον bless thee out of Sion; and mayest thou . ______see the prosperity of Jerusalem all the 5 εὐλογήσαι σε κύριος ἐκ Σιων, days of thy life. 6 And mayest thou see ______καὶ ἴδοις τὰ ἀγαθὰ Ιερουσαλημ thy children’s children. Peace be upon πάσας τὰς ἡμέρας τῆς ζωῆς σου· ______Israel. 6 καὶ ἴδοις υἱοὺς τῶν υἱῶν σου. ______

______εἰρήνη ἐπὶ τὸν Ισραηλ. ______

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Songs of the Ascents

129 Psalm 129 ______A Song of the Ascents. 129 1 שִׁיר הַמַעֲלֹות ______1 Many times they have afflicted me from my .youth on up רַבַת צְרָ רּונִׁי ימִׁנְעּורַ יֹּאמַר-נָא יִׁׂשְרָ אֵל: ______Let Israel now say, 2 רַ בַת צְרָ רּונִׁי ימִׁנְעּורָ גַם ֹלא-יָכְלּו לִׁי: ______129 2 many times they have afflicted me from my 3 עַל-גַבִׁי חָרְ שּו חֹּרְ שִׁים הֶארִׁ יכּו ______,youth on up למענותם )לְמַעֲנִׁיתָם(: ______yet they have not prevailed against me. 129 .The plowers plowed on my back 3 4 יְהוָה צַדִׁיק קִׁצֵץעֲבֹות רְ שָעִׁים: ______.They made their furrows long 5 יֵבֹּשּו וְיִׁסֹּגּוָאחֹור כֹּל ׂשֹּנְאֵיצִׁיֹון: ______129 ______4 Yahweh is righteous. 6 יִׁהְיּו כַחֲצִׁיר גַגֹות שֶקַדְמַת שָלַף יָבֵש: 26 ______He has cut apart the cords of the wicked. 129 Let them be disappointed and turned 5 7 שֶֹּלא מִׁלֵא כַפֹו קֹוצֵרוְחִׁצְנֹו מְעַמֵר: ______backward, 8 וְֹלא ָאמְרּו הָעֹּבְרִׁ ים בִׁרְ כַת-יְהוָה אֲלֵיכֶם ______all those who hate Zion. ______129 בֵרַ כְנּו אֶתְכֶם, בְשֵם יְהוָה: 6 Let them be as the grass on the housetops, ______which withers before it grows up; ______129 7 with which the reaper doesn’t fill his hand,

______nor he who binds sheaves, his bosom. 129 129 ______8 Neither do those who go by say, ______“The blessing of Yahweh be on you.

We bless you in Yahweh’s name.”

Psalms of Ascent

ΨΑΛΜΟΙ 129 [128] 129 [128]

᾿Οιδὴ τῶν ἀναβαθμῶν. A Song of Degrees. ______Πλεονάκις ἐ ολέμησάν με ἐκ νεότητός μου 1 π , Many a time have they warred against me ______εἰπάτω δὴ Ισραηλ, from my youth, let Israel now say: 2 ______2 πλεονάκις ἐπολέμησάν με ἐκ νεότητός μου, Many a time have they warred against ______καὶ γὰρ οὐκ ἠδυνήθησάν μοι. me from my youth: and yet they prevailed not against me. 3 The sinners 3 ἐπὶ τοῦ νώτου μου ἐτέκταινον οἱ ἁμαρτωλοί, ______wrought upon my back: they ἐμάκρυναν τὴν ἀνομίαν αὐτῶν· ______prolonged their iniquity. 4 The 4 κύριος δίκαιος συνέκοψεν αὐχένας righteous Lord has cut asunder the ______ἁμαρτωλῶν. necks of sinners. ______5 αἰσχυνθήτωσαν καὶ ἀποστραφήτωσαν εἰς 5 Let all that hate Sion be put to shame τὰ ὀ ίσω ______27 π and turned back. 6 Let them be as the ______πάντες οἱ μισοῦντες Σιων. grass of the house-tops, which withers 6 γενηθήτωσαν ὡς χόρτος δωμάτων, before it is plucked up. 7 Wherewith ______

ὃς πρὸ τοῦ ἐκσπασθῆναι ἐξηράνθη· the reaper fills not his hand, nor he ______7 οὗ οὐκ ἐπλήρωσεν τὴν χεῖρα αὐτοῦ ὁ that makes up the sheaves, his bosom. 8 Neither do they that go by say, The ______θερίζων blessing of the Lord be upon you: we ______καὶ τὸν κόλπον αὐτοῦ ὁ τὰ δράγματα have blessed you in the name of the συλλέγων, ______Lord. 8 καὶ οὐκ εἶπαν οἱ παράγοντες Εὐλογία κυρίου ______

ἐφ᾽ ὑμᾶς, ______εὐλογήκαμεν ὑμᾶς ἐν ὀνόματι κυρίου . ______

Songs of the Ascents

130 Psalm 130 ______A Song of the Ascents. 130 1 שִׁיר הַמַעֲלֹות ______1 Out of the depths I have cried to you, .Yahweh מִׁמַעֲמַקִׁים קְרָ אתִׁיָך יְהוָה: ______130 2 Lord, hear my voice. 2 אֲדֹּנָי שִׁמְעָהבְקֹולִׁי ______Let your ears be attentive to the voice of my תִׁהְיֶינָה ָאזְנֶיָך קַשֻבֹות לְקֹול תַחֲנּונָי: ______petitions. 130 3 אִׁם-עֲו ֹּנֹות תִׁשְמָר-יָּה אֲדֹּנָי מִׁי יַעֲמֹּד: ______3 If you, Yah, kept a record of sins, ?Lord, who could stand 4 כִׁי-עִׁמְָך הַסְלִׁיחָה לְמַעַןתִּׁוָרֵ א: ______130 ,But there is forgiveness with you 4 5 קִּׁוִׁיתִׁייְהוָה קִּׁוְתָה נַפְשִׁי וְלִׁדְבָרֹו ______.therefore you are feared הֹוחָלְתִׁי: ______28 130 ______5 I wait for Yahweh. 6 נַפְשִׁי לַאדֹּנָי מִׁשֹּמְרִׁ ים לַבֹּקֶרשֹּמְרִׁ ים ______My soul waits. .I hope in his word לַבֹּקֶר: ______130 6 My soul longs for the Lord more than 7 יַחֵליִׁׂשְרָ אֵל אֶל-יְהוָה כִׁי-עִׁם-יְהוָה ______;watchmen long for the morning הַחֶסֶד וְהַרְ בֵה עִׁמֹו פְדּות: ______more than watchmen for the morning. 130 8 וְהּוא יִׁפְדֶה אֶת-יִׁׂשְרָ אֵל מִׁכֹּל, עֲו ֹּנֹּתָיו: ______7 Israel, hope in Yahweh, ______for with Yahweh there is loving kindness. ______With him is abundant redemption. 130 ______8 He will redeem Israel from all their sins.

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ΨΑΛΜΟΙ 130 [129] 130 [129] ᾿Οιδὴ τῶν ἀναβαθμῶν. A Song of Degrees. ______1 ᾿Εκ βαθέων ἐκέκραξά σε, κύριε· Out of the depths have I cried to thee, O ______2 κύριε, εἰσάκουσον τῆς φωνῆς μου· Lord. 2 O Lord, hearken to my voice; ______γενηθήτω τὰ ὦτά σου ροσέχοντα let thine ears be attentive to the voice π ______εἰς τὴν φωνὴν τῆς δεήσεώς μου. of my supplication. 3 If thou, O Lord, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, ______3 ἐὰν ἀνομίας παρατηρήσῃ, κύριε, who shall stand? 4 For with thee is ______κύριε τίς ὑ οστήσεται; , π forgiveness: 5 for thy name’s sake have ______4 ὅτι παρὰ σοὶ ὁ ἱλασμός ἐστιν. I waited for thee, O Lord, my soul has 5 ἕνεκεν τοῦ νόμου σου ὑπέμεινά σε, κύριε, waited for thy word. 6 My soul has ______ὑπέμεινεν ἡ ψυχή μου εἰς τὸν λόγον σου. hoped in the Lord; from the morning ______watch till night. 29 6 ἤλπισεν ἡ ψυχή μου ἐπὶ τὸν κύριον ______ἀ ὸ φυλακῆς ρωίας μέχρι νυκτός· 7 Let Israel hope in the Lord: for with the π π ______ἀπὸ φυλακῆς πρωίας ἐλπισάτω Ισραηλ ἐπὶ τὸν Lord is mercy, and with him is plenteous redemption. 8 And he shall ______κύριον. redeem Israel from all his iniquities. ______7 ὅτι παρὰ τῷ κυρίῳ τὸ ἔλεος,

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______131 Yahweh, my heart isn’t arrogant, nor my 1 1 שִׁיר הַמַעֲלֹות, לְדָוִׁד ______;eyes lofty יְהוָה | ֹלא-גָבַּה לִׁבִׁי וְֹלא-רָ מּו עֵינַי ,nor do I concern myself with great matters וְֹלא-הִׁלַכְתִׁי | בִׁגְדֹּלֹות ּובְנִׁפְלָאֹות מִׁמֶנִׁי: ______.or things too wonderful for me 2 אִׁם-ֹלא שִּׁוִׁיתִׁי | וְדֹומַמְתִׁי נַפְשִׁי ______131 ,Surely I have stilled and quieted my soul 2 כְגָמֻל, עֲלֵיאִׁמֹו כַגָמֻל עָלַי נַפְשִׁי: ______like a weaned child with his mother, 3 יַחֵליִׁׂשְרָ אֵל אֶל-יְהוָה מֵעַתָה וְעַד- ______like a weaned child is my soul within me. 131 1313 עֹולָם: ______Israel, hope in Yahweh, 130 30 from this time forward and forever more. ______

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ΨΑΛΜΟΙ 131 [130] 131 [130] ᾿Οιδὴ τῶν ἀναβαθμῶν· A Song of Degrees. ______τῷ Δαυιδ. O Lord, my heart is not exalted, neither ______1 Κύριε, οὐχ ὑψώθη μου ἡ καρδία, have mine eyes been [haughtily] ______οὐδὲ ἐμετεωρίσθησαν οἱ ὀφθαλμοί μου, raised: neither have I exercised myself ______οὐδὲ ἐπορεύθην ἐν μεγάλοις in great [matters], nor in things too οὐδὲ ἐν θαυμασίοις ὑπὲρ ἐμέ. wonderful for me. 2 [I shall have ______2 εἰ μὴ ἐταπεινοφρόνουν, sinned] if I have not been humble, but ______have exulted my soul: according to ἀλλὰ ὕψωσα τὴν ψυχήν μου ______[the relation of] a weaned child to his ὡς τὸ ἀπογεγαλακτισμένον ἐπὶ τὴν μητέρα mother, so wilt thou recompense my ______αὐτοῦ, soul. 3 Let Israel hope in the Lord, ὡς ἀντα όδοσις ἐ ὶ τὴν ψυχήν μου ______π π . from henceforth and for ever. 31 3 ἐλπισάτω Ισραηλ ἐπὶ τὸν κύριον ______

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132 Psalm 132 ______A Song of the Ascents. 132 1 שִׁיר הַמַעֲלֹות ______1 Yahweh, remember David and all his ,affliction זְכֹור-יְהוָה לְדָוִׁד אֵת כָל-עֻנֹותֹו: ______132 2 how he swore to Yahweh, 2 אֲשֶר נִׁשְבַע לַיהוָה נָדַרלַאֲבִׁיר יַעֲקֹּב: ______and vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob: 132 3 אִׁם-ָאבֹּא בְאֹּהֶלבֵיתִׁי אִׁם- אֶעלֶה עַל- ______3 “Surely I will not come into the structure of עֶרֶ ׂש יְצּועָי: ______my house, ;nor go up into my bed 4 אִׁם אֶתֵן שְנַת לְעֵינָי לְעַפְעַפַי תְנּומָה: ______132 ,I will not give sleep to my eyes 4 5 עַד- אֶמְצָאמָקֹום לַיהוָה מִׁשְכָנֹות לַאֲבִׁיר ______;or slumber to my eyelids יַעֲקֹּב: ______32 132 ______5 until I find out a place for Yahweh, 6 הִׁנֵה- שְמַעֲנּוהָבְאֶפְרָ תָה מְצָאנּוהָ בִׁׂשְדֵי- ______a dwelling for the Mighty One of Jacob.” 1326 יָעַר: ______Behold, we heard of it in Ephrathah. We found it in the field of Jaar: 7 נָבֹוָאה לְמִׁשְכְנֹותָיו נִׁשְתַחֲוֶה לַהֲדֹּם ______132 .We will go into his dwelling place“ 7 רַ גְלָיו: ______We will worship at his footstool. 132 8 קּומָה יְהוָה לִׁמְנּוחָתֶָך אַתָהוַאֲרֹון עֻזֶָך: ______8 Arise, Yahweh, into your resting place; .you, and the ark of your strength 9 כֹּהֲנֶיָך יִׁלְבְשּו-צֶדֶק וַחֲסִׁידֶיָך יְרַ נֵנּו: ______132 ______9 Let your priests be clothed with ______righteousness.

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ΨΑΛΜΟΙ 132 [131] 132 [131]

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Songs of the Ascents Psalm 132 (cont’d) Psalm 132: 10 - 18

132 ,For the sake of your servant David 10 10 בַעֲבּור דָוִׁדעַבְדֶָך ַאל-תָשֵב פְנֵי ______.do not turn away the face of your anointed one מְשִׁיחֶָך: ______132 ______11 Yahweh has sworn to David in truth. 11 נִׁשְבַע-יְהוָה | לְדָוִׁד א מֶת ֹלא-יָשּוב ______He will not turn from it: .I will set the fruit of your body on your throne“ מִׁמֶנָה ______132 ,If your children will keep my covenant 12 מִׁפְרִׁ יבִׁטְנְָך אָשִׁית לְכִׁסֵא-לְָך: ______,my testimony that I will teach them 12 אִׁם-יִׁשְמְרּו בָנֶיָך | בְרִׁ יתִׁי וְעֵדֹּתִׁי זֹו ______their children also will sit on your throne forever אֲלַמְדֵם ”.more גַם-בְנֵיהֶם עֲדֵי- עַדיֵשְבּו לְכִׁסֵא-לְָך: ______13213 .For Yahweh has chosen Zion 13 כִׁי-בָחַר יְהוָה בְצִׁיֹון אִּׁוָּהלְמֹושָב לֹו: ______He has desired it for his inhabitance. 34 132 .This is my resting place forever“ 14 14 זֹּאת-מְנּוחָתִׁי עֲדֵי-עַד פֹּה-אֵשֵב כִׁי ______

.I will live here, for I have desired it אִּׁוִׁתִׁיהָ : ______13215 .I will abundantly bless her provision 15 צֵידָּהבָרֵ ְך אֲבָרֵ ְך אֶבְיֹונֶיהָ אַׂשְבִׁיעַ ______I will satisfy her poor with bread. לָחֶם: ______132 16 Her priests I will also clothe with salvation. ______.Her saints will shout aloud for joy 16 וְכֹּהֲנֶיהָ ַאלְבִׁיש יֶשַע וַחֲסִׁידֶיהָרַ נֵן יְרַ נֵנּו ______132 .There I will make the horn of David to bud 17 17 שָם ַאצְמִׁיחַ קֶרֶ ןלְדָוִׁד עָרַ כְתִׁי נֵר ______.I have ordained a lamp for my anointed לִׁמְשִׁיחִׁי: ______13218 132 ,I will clothe his enemies with shame 18 אֹויְבָיו ַאלְבִׁיש בֹּשֶת וְעָלָיויָצִׁיץ נִׁזְרֹו:

but on himself, his crown will be magnificent.”

Psalms of Ascent Psalm 132: 10 - 18

10 ἕνεκεν Δαυιδ τοῦ δούλου σου 10 For the sake of thy servant David turn not away the face of thine μὴ ἀποστρέψῃς τὸ πρόσωπον τοῦ χριστοῦ σου. ______anointed. 11 ὤμοσεν κύριος τῷ Δαυιδ ἀλήθειαν καὶ οὐ ______μὴ ἀθετήσει αὐτήν 11 The Lord sware [in] truth to David, and ᾿Εκ καρποῦ τῆς κοιλίας σου θήσομαι ἐπὶ τὸν he will not annul it, [saying], Of the ______θρόνον σου· fruit of thy body will I set [a king] ______ἐὰν φυλάξωνται οἱ υἱοί σου τὴν διαθήκην upon thy throne. 12 If thy children will 12 ______μου deep my covenant, and these my καὶ τὰ μαρτύριά μου ταῦτα, ἃ διδάξω αὐτούς, testimonies which I shall teach them, ______καὶ οἱ υἱοὶ αὐτῶν ἕως τοῦ αἰῶνος καθιοῦνται their children also shall sit upon thy ______ἐ ὶ τοῦ θρόνου σου throne for ever. 13 For the Lord has π . ______elected Sion, he has chosen her for a 13 ὅτι ἐξελέξατο κύριος τὴν Σιων, habitation for himself, [saying], 14 This ______ᾑρετίσατο αὐτὴν εἰς κατοικίαν ἑαυτῷ 35 is my rest for ever: here will I dwell; 14 Αὕτη ἡ κατάπαυσίς μου εἰς αἰῶνα αἰῶνος, ______for I have chosen it. 15 I will surely ὧδε κατοικήσω, ὅτι ᾑρετισάμην αὐτήν· ______bless her provision: I will satisfy her τὴν θήραν αὐτῆς εὐλογῶν εὐλογήσω 15 , poor with bread. 16 I will clothe her ______τοὺς τωχοὺς αὐτῆς χορτάσω ἄρτων π , priests with salvation; and her saints ______16 τοὺς ἱερεῖς αὐτῆς ἐνδύσω σωτηρίαν, shall greatly exult. 17 There will I ______καὶ οἱ ὅσιοι αὐτῆς ἀγαλλιάσει ἀγαλλιάσονται· cause to spring up a horn to David: I 17 ἐκεῖ ἐξανατελῶ κέρας τῷ Δαυιδ, have prepared a lamp for mine ______ἡτοίμασα λύχνον τῷ χριστῷ μου· anointed. 18 His enemies will I clothe ______18 τοὺς ἐχθροὺς αὐτοῦ ἐνδύσω αἰσχύνην, with a shame; but upon himself shall ______ἐπὶ δὲ αὐτὸν ἐξανθήσει τὸ ἁγίασμά μου. my holiness flourish. ______

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,that ran down on the beard 2 כַשֶמֶן הַּטֹוב | עַל-הָרֹּאש ______even Aaron’s beard; יֹּרֵ ד עַל-הַזָקָן זְקַן-ַאהֲרֹּן ______that came down on the edge of his robes; שֶיֹּרֵ ד עַל- פִׁימִׁדֹותָיו: ______133 133 3 like the dew of Hermon, 3 כְטַל-חֶרְ מֹון שֶיֹּרֵ ד עַל-הַרְרֵ יצִׁיֹון ______that comes down on the hills of Zion: כִׁי שָם | צִּׁוָה יְהוָה אֶת-הַבְרָ כָה ______for there Yahweh gives the blessing, חַיִׁים עַד-הָעֹולָם: 36 ______even life forever more. ______

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ΨΑΛΜΟΙ 133 [132] 133 [132] ______᾿Οιδὴ τῶν ἀναβαθμῶν· τῷ Δαυιδ. A Song of Degrees. ______1 ᾿Ιδοὺ δὴ τί καλὸν ἢ τί τερπνὸν See now! what is so good, or what so ἀλλ᾽ ἢ τὸ κατοικεῖν ἀδελφοὺς ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτό; pleasant, as for brethren to dwell ______2 ὡς μύρον ἐπὶ κεφαλῆς τὸ καταβαῖνον ἐπὶ together? 2 [It is] as ointment on the ______head, that ran down to the beard, πώγωνα, ______[even] the beard of Aaron; that ran τὸν πώγωνα τὸν Ααρων, down to the fringe of his clothing. 3 As ______τὸ καταβαῖνον ἐπὶ τὴν ᾤαν τοῦ ἐνδύματος the dew of Aermon, that comes down ______αὐτοῦ· on the mountains of Sion: for there, the ὡς δρόσος Αερμων ἡ καταβαίνουσα ἐ ὶ τὰ ______3 π Lord commanded the blessing, even ὄρη Σιων· life for ever. ______ὅτι ἐκεῖ ἐνετείλατο κύριος τὴν εὐλογίαν ______37 καὶ ζωὴν ἕως τοῦ αἰῶνος.

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______134 Psalm 134 ______A Song of the Ascents. 134 Look! Praise Yahweh, all you servants of 1 א שִׁיר הַמַעֲלֹות ______,Yahweh הִׁנֵה | בָרְ כּו אֶת-יְהוָה כָל-עַבְדֵי יְהוָה ______!who stand by night in Yahweh’s house הָעֹּמְדִׁים בְבֵית-יְהוָה בַלֵילֹות: ______134 .Lift up your hands in the sanctuary 2 ב ׂשְאּו-יְדֵכֶם קֹּדֶש ּובָרְ כּו אֶת-יְהוָה ______Praise Yahweh! 134 134 ;May Yahweh bless you from Zion 3 ג יְבָרֶ כְָך יְהוָה מִׁצִׁיֹון עֹּׂשֵהשָמַיִׁם וָָארֶ ץ: ______even he who made heaven and earth.

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