NKJV Bible in 365 Days
God’s Protection and Peace for Pilgrims — June 6
Psalms 120-125
Psalms 120
1 In my distress I cried to the Lord , And He heard me. 365N 157.1
2 Deliver my soul, O Lord , from lying lips And from a deceitful tongue. 365N 157.2
3 What shall be given to you, Or what shall be done to you, You false tongue? 365N 157.3
4 Sharp arrows of the [a] warrior, With coals of the broom tree! 365N 157.4
5 Woe is me, that I dwell in Meshech, That I dwell among the tents of Kedar! 365N 157.5
6 My soul has dwelt too long With one who hates peace. 365N 157.6
7 I am for peace; But when I speak, they are for war. 365N 157.7
Psalms 121
1 I will lift up my eyes to the hills— From whence comes my help? 365N 157.8
2 My help comes from the Lord , Who made heaven and earth. 365N 157.9
3 He will not allow your foot to [a] be moved; He who keeps you will not slumber. 365N 157.10
4 Behold, He who keeps Israel Shall neither slumber nor sleep. 365N 157.11
5 The Lord is your [b] keeper; The Lord is your shade at your right hand. 365N 157.12
6 The sun shall not strike you by day, Nor the moon by night. 365N 157.13
7 The Lord shall [c] preserve you from all evil; He shall preserve your soul. 365N 157.14
8 The Lord shall preserve [d] your going out and your coming in From this time forth, and even forevermore. 365N 157.15
Psalms 122
1 I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go into the house of the Lord .” 365N 157.16
2 Our feet have been standing Within your gates, O Jerusalem! 365N 157.17
3 Jerusalem is built As a city that is compact together, 365N 157.18
4 Where the tribes go up, The tribes of the Lord , [a] To the Testimony of Israel, To give thanks to the name of the Lord . 365N 157.19
5 For thrones are set there for judgment, The thrones of the house of David. 365N 157.20
6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: “May they prosper who love you. 365N 157.21
7 Peace be within your walls, Prosperity within your palaces.” 365N 157.22
8 For the sake of my brethren and companions, I will now say, “Peace be within you.” 365N 157.23
9 Because of the house of the Lord our God I will seek your good. 365N 157.24
Psalms 123
1 Unto You I lift up my eyes, O You who dwell in the heavens. 365N 157.25
2 Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their masters, As the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress, So our eyes look to the Lord our God, Until He has mercy on us. 365N 157.26
3 Have mercy on us, O Lord , have mercy on us! For we are exceedingly filled with contempt. 365N 157.27
4 Our soul is exceedingly filled With the scorn of those who are at ease, With the contempt of the proud. 365N 157.28
Psalms 124
1 “If it had not been the Lord who was on our side,” Let Israel now say— 365N 157.29
2 “If it had not been the Lord who was on our side, When men rose up against us, 365N 157.30
3 Then they would have swallowed us alive, When their wrath was kindled against us; 365N 157.31
4 Then the waters would have overwhelmed us, The stream would have [a] gone over our soul; 365N 157.32
5 Then the swollen waters Would have [b] gone over our soul.” 365N 157.33
6 Blessed be the Lord , Who has not given us as prey to their teeth. 365N 157.34
7 Our soul has escaped as a bird from the snare of the [c] fowlers; The snare is broken, and we have escaped. 365N 157.35
8 Our help is in the name of the Lord , Who made heaven and earth. 365N 157.36
Psalms 125
1 Those who trust in the Lord Are like Mount Zion, Which cannot be moved, but abides forever. 365N 157.37
2 As the mountains surround Jerusalem, So the Lord surrounds His people From this time forth and forever. 365N 157.38
3 For the scepter of wickedness shall not rest On the land allotted to the righteous, Lest the righteous reach out their hands to iniquity. 365N 157.39
4 Do good, O Lord , to those who are good, And to those who are upright in their hearts. 365N 157.40
5 As for such as turn aside to their crooked ways, The Lord shall lead them away With the workers of iniquity. Peace be upon Israel! 365N 157.41