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(1) The Song of Ascent. To Thee I lift up my eyes, O dweller in heaven! (2) Behold, as the eyes of a servant woman are to the hand of their masters, as the eyes of a handmaid are to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes are to God our Almighty, until he has mercy on us. (3) Have mercy on us, O God, have mercy on us, for we are filled with contempt. (4) Our soul is filled with reproach from the haughty, and humiliation from the proud oppressors.

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(1) The Song of the Ascent, David. If God had not been with us, let Israel say, (2) if God had not been with us when men rose up against us, (3) they would have swallowed us up alive when their wrath was kindled against us. (4) The waters would have drowned us, and the stream would have passed over our souls. (5) Stormy waters would pass over our souls. (6) Blessed be God, who did not give us as a prey to their teeth (7) Our soul was saved like a bird from the snare of fishers. The trap broke, and we were freed. (8) Our help is in the name of God, who created heaven and earth.

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(1) The Song of Ascent. Those who trust in God, like Mount Zion, which shall not be shaken, shall endure for ever. (2) The mountains are round about Jerusalem, and God is round about his people, now and forever. (3) For there shall be no scourge of wickedness over the lot of the righteous, lest the righteous stretch out their hands to iniquity. (4) Do good, O God, to the good and honest in your hearts. (5) But God will leave those who fall into their crooked ways to walk with those who do wrong. Peace be upon Israel.

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(1) The Song of Ascent. When God brought back the captives of Zion, we were as if dreaming in a dream. (2) Then our lips were filled with joy, and our tongue with singing. Then the nations will say: "God has done great things with us!" (3) God has done great things with us, and we have rejoiced. (4) Bring back our captives, O God, as streams of water to a parched land. (5) Those who sow in tears will reap with joy. (6) He who walks weeping, carrying seed, will return with a song, carrying his sheaves.

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