Psalms 121

CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 A Canticle in steps. I rejoiced in the things that were said to me: “We shall go into the house of the Lord.”	1 In my trouble I cried to the Lord: and he heard me.
2 Our feet were standing in your courts, O Jerusalem.	2 O Lord, deliver my soul from wicked lips, and a deceitful tongue.
3 Jerusalem has been built as a city, whose participation is unto itself.	3 What shall be given to thee, or what shall be added to thee, to a deceitful tongue.
4 For to that place, the tribes ascended, the tribes of the Lord: the testimony of Israel, to confess to the name of the Lord.	4 The sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals that lay waste.
5 For in that place, seats have sat down in judgment, seats above the house of David.	5 Woe is me, that my sojourning is prolonged! I have dwelt with the inhabitants of cedar:
6 Petition for the things that are for the peace of Jerusalem, and for abundance for those who love you.	6 my soul hath been long a sojourner.
7 Let peace be in your virtue, and abundance in your towers.	7 With them that hate peace I was peaceable: when I spoke to them they fought against me without cause.
8 For the sake of my brothers and my neighbors, I spoke peace about you.
9 For the sake of the house of the Lord our God, I sought good things for you.