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Psalm 121 · Book Five

A song of ascents.

The Hebrew title · Berean Standard Bible

Song of Ascents

About this psalm

I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. The word keep runs through all eight verses like a drumbeat — he will not suffer thy foot to be moved, he that keepeth thee will not slumber, the LORD is thy keeper, the LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in. A travelling psalm, for people on a road.

Read it before a journey, or when someone you love is on one.

My psalms

One verse at a time, slowly

¹I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.²My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth.³He will not suffer thy foot to be moved:he that keepeth thee will not slumber.⁴Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.⁵The LORD is thy keeper:the LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand.⁶The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.⁷The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil:he shall preserve thy soul.⁸The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.

A hymn built on this psalm

Unto the Hills Around Do I Lift Up John Campbell, Duke of Argyll, 1877. Words, chords in any key, and the story. Free to sing.

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