Psalms 121 DBY
Summary: A beloved Song of Ascents built on the image of a pilgrim looking toward the hills surrounding Jerusalem, opening "I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help" (v. 1), then answering that help comes not from the hills themselves but "from the LORD, which made heaven and earth" (v. 2). It repeatedly stresses God's unceasing watchfulness — "he that keepeth thee will not slumber... he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep" (v. 3-4) — promising protection from sun by day and moon by night. It closes assuring that the LORD will preserve the traveler's "going out and thy coming in, from this time forth, and even for evermore" (v. 8).
1A Song of degrees. I lift up mine eyes unto the mountains: whence shall my help come?
2My help [cometh] from Jehovah, who made the heavens and the earth.
3He will not suffer thy foot to be moved; he that keepeth thee will not slumber.
4Behold, he that keepeth Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.
5Jehovah is thy keeper, Jehovah is thy shade upon thy right hand;
6The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.
7Jehovah will keep thee from all evil; he will keep thy soul.
8Jehovah will keep thy going out and thy coming in, from henceforth and for evermore.
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