A Song of Ascents. In my distress I cried to the LORD, And He heard me.

A Song of Ascents. I will lift up my eyes to the hills -- From whence comes my help?

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

A Song of Ascents. Unto You I lift up my eyes, O You who dwell in the heavens.

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

A Song of Ascents. Those who trust in the LORD [Are] like Mount Zion, [Which] cannot be moved, [but] abides forever.

A Song of Ascents. When the LORD brought back the captivity of Zion, We were like those who dream.

A Song of Ascents. Of Solomon. Unless the LORD builds the house, They labor in vain who build it; Unless the LORD guards the city, The watchman stays awake in vain.

[A Psalm] of David. Bless the LORD, O my soul; And all that is within me, [bless] His holy name!

As a father pities [his] children, [So] the LORD pities those who fear Him.

But the mercy of the LORD [is] from everlasting to everlasting On those who fear Him, And His righteousness to children's children,

Praise the LORD! Blessed [is] the man [who] fears the LORD, [Who] delights greatly in His commandments.

He will bless those who fear the LORD, [Both] small and great.

The LORD takes pleasure in those who fear Him, In those who hope in His mercy.

And His mercy [is] on those who fear Him From generation to generation.

Blessed [is] the man Who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, Nor stands in the path of sinners, Nor sits in the seat of the scornful;

He shall be like a tree Planted by the rivers of water, That brings forth its fruit in its season, Whose leaf also shall not wither; And whatever he does shall prosper.

"Oh, that My people would listen to Me, That Israel would walk in My ways!

Blessed [are] the undefiled in the way, Who walk in the law of the LORD!

And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.

Then the churches throughout all Judea, Galilee, and Samaria had peace and were edified. And walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, they were multiplied.

Finally then, brethren, we urge and exhort in the Lord Jesus that you should abound more and more, just as you received from us how you ought to walk and to please God;