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Psalms 121
An Ascents song built as a dialogue. It opens with a pilgrim's worried question — eyes raised to the hills, asking where help comes from (v.1) — and the rest is answer: help comes from the LORD, maker of heaven and earth, who neither slumbers nor sleeps. Note the single repeated verb: "keep." God keeps your foot, keeps Israel, keeps your soul, keeps your going out and coming in — six times, the road's one promise.
- 1
I will lift up my eyes to the hills. Where does my help come from?
- 2
My help comes from the LORD, who made heaven and earth.
- 3
He will not allow your foot to be moved. He who keeps you will not slumber.
- 4
Behold, he who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.
- 5
The LORD is your keeper. The LORD is your shade on your right hand.
- 6
The sun will not harm you by day, nor the moon by night.
- 7
The LORD will keep you from all evil. He will keep your soul.
- 8
The LORD will keep your going out and your coming in, from this time forward, and forever more.
- 1
Levantarei os meus olhos para os montes. De onde vem o meu socorro?
- 2
O meu socorro vem do SENHOR, que fez o céu e a terra.
- 3
Ele não permitirá que o seu pé vacile. Aquele que o guarda não cochilará.
- 4
Eis que aquele que guarda Israel não cochilará nem dormirá.
- 5
O SENHOR é o seu guarda. O SENHOR é a sua sombra à sua mão direita.
- 6
O sol não lhe fará mal de dia, nem a lua de noite.
- 7
O SENHOR o guardará de todo o mal. Ele guardará a sua alma.
- 8
O SENHOR guardará a sua saída e a sua entrada, desde agora e para todo o sempre.
Why the hills are not the answer
The hills along the climb could hide bandits or shrines to other gods; the raised eyes are anxious, not admiring. The reply turns past the hills to the One who made them, promising shade by day and protection from sun and moon (vv.5-6) for the whole journey, "from this time forward, and forever more."
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