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Psalms 121

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1I will lift up mine eyes unto the mountains: From whence shall my help come?

2My helpcomethfrom Jehovah, Who 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 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 this time forth and for evermore.

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Parallel translations · Psalms 121:1

WEB · World English Bible (2000)

I will lift up mine eyes unto the mountains: From whence shall my help come?

KJV · King James Version (1611)

I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.

ASV · American Standard Version (1901)

I will lift up mine eyes unto the mountains: From whence shall my help come?

BBE · Bible in Basic English (1949)

My eyes are lifted up to the hills: O where will my help come from?

YLT · Young's Literal Translation (1862)

A Song of the Ascents. I lift up mine eyes unto the hills, Whence doth my help come?

DRA · Douay-Rheims (Challoner) (1752)

A gradual canticle. I rejoiced at the things that were said to me: We shall go into the house of the Lord.

DBY · Darby Bible (1890)

I lift up mine eyes unto the mountains: whence shall my help come?

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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — verses that illuminate Psalms 121:1.

Psalms 2:6
Yet I have set my king Upon my holy hill of Zion.
Psalms 87:1
His foundation is in the holy mountains.
Isaiah 2:3
And many peoples shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of Jehovah, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of Jehovah from Jerusalem.
Psalms 120:1
In my distress I cried unto Jehovah, And he answered me.
Psalms 123:1
Unto thee do I lift up mine eyes, O thou that sittest in the heavens.
Psalms 78:68
But chose the tribe of Judah, The mount Zion which he loved.

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rûaḥ (Hebrew)

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