Psalms 125

NEW JERUSALEM	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 [Song of Ascents] Whoever trusts in Yahweh is like Mount Zion: unshakeable, it stands for ever.	1 A Canticle in steps. When the Lord turned back the captivity of Zion, we became like those who are consoled.
2 Jerusalem! The mountains encircle her: so Yahweh encircles his people, henceforth and for ever.	2 Then our mouth was filled with gladness and our tongue with exultation. Then they will say among the nations: “The Lord has done great things for them.”
3 The sceptre of the wicked wil not come to rest over the heritage of the upright; or the upright mightset their own hands to evil.	3 The Lord has done great things for us. We have become joyful.
4 Do good, Yahweh, to those who are good, to the sincere at heart.	4 Convert our captivity, O Lord, like a torrent in the south.
5 But the crooked, the twisted, turn them away, Yahweh, with evil-doers. Peace to Israel!	5 Those who sow in tears shall reap in exultation.
	6 When departing, they went forth and wept, sowing their seeds.
	7 But when returning, they will arrive with exultation, carrying their sheaves.