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Psalms 77

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¹ A Song of[1] Ascents. Of David. I was glad when they said to me, "Let us go to the house of the LORD."

² Our feet are standing Within your gates, O Jerusalem,

³ Jerusalem, that is built As a city that is firmly joined together;

⁴ To which the [twelve] tribes go up, even the tribes of the LORD, [As was decreed as] an ordinance for Israel, To give thanks to the name of the LORD.

⁵ For there the thrones of judgment were set, The thrones of the house of David.

⁶ Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: "May they prosper who love you [holy city].

⁷ "May peace be within your walls And prosperity within your palaces."

⁸ For the sake of my brothers and my friends, I will now say, "May peace be within you."

⁹ For the sake of the house of the LORD our God [which is Jerusalem], I will seek your (the city's) good.

¹⁰ A Song of[1] Ascents. Unto you I lift up my eyes, O You who are enthroned in the heavens!

¹¹ Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, And as the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress, So our eyes look to the LORD our God, Until He is gracious and favorable toward us.

¹² Be gracious to us, O LORD, be gracious and favorable toward us, For we are greatly filled with contempt.

¹³ Our soul is greatly filled With the scoffing of those who are at ease, And with the contempt of the proud [who disregard God's law].

¹⁴ A Song of[1] Ascents. Of David. "If it had not been the LORD who was on our side," Let Israel now say,

¹⁵ "If it had not been the LORD who was on our side When men rose up against us,

¹⁶ Then they would have [quickly] swallowed us alive, When their wrath was kindled against us;

¹⁷ Then the waters would have engulfed us, The torrent would have swept over our soul;

¹⁸ Then the[2] raging waters would have swept over our soul."

¹⁹ Blessed be the LORD, Who has not given us as prey to be torn by their teeth.

²⁰ We have escaped like a bird from the snare of the fowlers; The trap is broken and we have escaped.

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1	A Song of[1] Ascents. Of David. I was glad when they said to me, "Let us go to the house of the LORD."
2	Our feet are standing Within your gates, O Jerusalem,
3	Jerusalem, that is built As a city that is firmly joined together;
4	To which the [twelve] tribes go up, even the tribes of the LORD, [As was decreed as] an ordinance for Israel, To give thanks to the name of the LORD.
5	For there the thrones of judgment were set, The thrones of the house of David.
6	Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: "May they prosper who love you [holy city].
7	"May peace be within your walls And prosperity within your palaces."
8	For the sake of my brothers and my friends, I will now say, "May peace be within you."
9	For the sake of the house of the LORD our God [which is Jerusalem], I will seek your (the city's) good.
10	A Song of[1] Ascents. Unto you I lift up my eyes, O You who are enthroned in the heavens!
11	Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, And as the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress, So our eyes look to the LORD our God, Until He is gracious and favorable toward us.
12	Be gracious to us, O LORD, be gracious and favorable toward us, For we are greatly filled with contempt.
13	Our soul is greatly filled With the scoffing of those who are at ease, And with the contempt of the proud [who disregard God's law].
14	A Song of[1] Ascents. Of David. "If it had not been the LORD who was on our side," Let Israel now say,
15	"If it had not been the LORD who was on our side When men rose up against us,
16	Then they would have [quickly] swallowed us alive, When their wrath was kindled against us;
17	Then the waters would have engulfed us, The torrent would have swept over our soul;
18	Then the[2] raging waters would have swept over our soul."
19	Blessed be the LORD, Who has not given us as prey to be torn by their teeth.
20	We have escaped like a bird from the snare of the fowlers; The trap is broken and we have escaped.

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