Psalm 121 - Amplified Bible, Classic Edition (AMPC)

Psalm 121

A Song of [a]Ascents.

1 I will lift up my eyes to the hills [around Jerusalem, to sacred Mount Zion and Mount Moriah]—From whence shall my help come?(A)

2 My help comes from the Lord, Who made heaven and earth.

3 He will not allow your foot to slip or to be moved; He Who keeps you will not slumber.(B)

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 [the side not carrying a shield].(C)

6 The sun shall not smite you by day, nor the moon by night.(D)

7 The Lord will keep you from all evil; He will keep your life.

8 The Lord will keep your going out and your coming in from this time forth and forevermore.(E)

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 121:1 See Psalm 120 title footnote.

Cross references

  1. Psalm 121:1 : Jer. 3:23.
  2. Psalm 121:3 : I Sam. 2:9; Ps. 127:1; Prov. 3:23, 26; Isa. 27:3.
  3. Psalm 121:5 : Isa. 25:4.
  4. Psalm 121:6 : Ps. 91:5; Isa. 49:10; Rev. 7:16.
  5. Psalm 121:8 : Deut. 28:6; Prov. 2:8; 3:6.