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The Book of Psalms Psalm 121

Douay-Rheims · Challoner revision

Challoner’s heading

Laetatus sum in his.

Psalm 121 in the Vulgate numbering this edition follows; Psalm 122 in the Hebrew numbering of most modern Bibles.

1A gradual canticle. 2Our feet were standing in thy courts, O Jerusalem. 3Jerusalem, which is built as a city, which is compact together. 4For thither did the tribes go up, the tribes of the Lord: the testimony of Israel, to praise the name of the Lord. 5Because their seats have sat in judgment, seats upon the house of David. 6Pray ye for the things that are for the peace of Jerusalem: and abundance for them that love thee. 7Let peace be in thy strength: and abundance in thy towers. 8For the sake of my brethren, and of my neighbours, I spoke peace of thee. 9Because of the house of the Lord our God, I have sought good things for thee.
Psalm 121 of 150

Text: the Douay-Rheims Bible in Bishop Challoner’s revision, public domain, from Project Gutenberg ebook 8300, set unaltered — 150 psalms and 2,528 verses, checked for gaps. Challoner’s own notes are left out, as in the gospels; the summary at the head of each psalm is his and is labelled as his. Psalms are numbered as in the Latin Vulgate, which differs by one from the Hebrew numbering of most modern Bibles for most of the book; each psalm gives both.