² Jehovah will preserve him, and keep him alive, And he shall be blessed upon the earth; And deliver not thou him unto the will of his enemies.

¹² Deliver me not over unto the will of mine adversaries: For false witnesses are risen up against me, And such as breathe out cruelty.

¹⁹ To deliver their soul from death, And to keep them alive in famine.

²² For such as are blessed of him shall inherit the land; And they that are cursed of him shall be cut off.

³² The wicked watcheth the righteous, And seeketh to slay him.

³³ Jehovah will not leave him in his hand, Nor condemn him when he is judged.

³ For he will deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, And from the deadly pestilence.

⁴ He will cover thee with his pinions, And under his wings shalt thou take refuge: His truth is a shield and a buckler.

⁵ Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night, Nor for the arrow that flieth by day;

⁶ For the pestilence that walketh in darkness, Nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday.

⁷ A thousand shall fall at thy side, And ten thousand at thy right hand; `But' it shall not come nigh thee.

¹ Blessed is every one that feareth Jehovah, That walketh in his ways.

² For thou shalt eat the labor of thy hands: Happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.

³ Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine, In the innermost parts of thy house; Thy children like olive plants, Round about thy table.

⁴ Behold, thus shall the man be blessed That feareth Jehovah.

⁵ Jehovah bless thee out of Zion: And see thou the good of Jerusalem all the days of thy life.

⁶ Yea, see thou thy children's children. Peace be upon Israel. Psalm 129 A Song of Ascents.

⁸ Grant not, O Jehovah, the desires of the wicked; Further not his evil device, `lest' they exalt themselves. Selah

⁹ As for the head of those that compass me about, Let the mischief of their own lips cover them.

⁴ Thus shalt thou say unto him, Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, that which I have built will I break down, and that which I have planted I will pluck up; and this in the whole land.

⁵ And seekest thou great things for thyself? seek them not; for, behold, I will bring evil upon all flesh, saith Jehovah; but thy life will I give unto thee for a prey in all places whither thou goest.

⁸ for bodily exercise is profitable for a little; but godliness is profitable for all things, having promise of the life which now is, and of that which is to come.