Psalms 121

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

1A Song of the Ascents. I lift up mine eyes unto the hills, Whence doth my help come?

1A gradual canticle. I rejoiced at the things that were said to me: We shall go into the house of the Lord.

2 My help [cometh] from Jehovah, who made the heavens and the earth.

2My help <FI>is<Fi> from Jehovah, maker of heaven and earth,

2Our feet were standing in thy courts, O Jerusalem.

3 He will not suffer thy foot to be moved; he that keepeth thee will not slumber.

3He suffereth not thy foot to be moved, Thy preserver slumbereth not.

3Jerusalem, which is built as a city, which is compact together.

4 Behold, he that keepeth Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.

4Lo, He slumbereth not, nor sleepeth, He who is preserving Israel.

4For thither did the tribes go up, the tribes of the Lord: the testimony of Israel, to praise the name of the Lord.

5 Jehovah is thy keeper, Jehovah is thy shade upon thy right hand;

5Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> thy preserver, Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> thy shade on thy right hand,

5Because their seats have sat in judgment, seats upon the house of David.

6 The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.

6By day the sun doth not smite thee, Nor the moon by night.

6Pray ye for the things that are for the peace of Jerusalem: and abundance for them that love thee.

7 Jehovah will keep thee from all evil; he will keep thy soul.

7Jehovah preserveth thee from all evil, He doth preserve thy soul.

7Let peace be in thy strength: and abundance in thy towers.

8 Jehovah will keep thy going out and thy coming in, from henceforth and for evermore.

8Jehovah preserveth thy going out and thy coming in, From henceforth even unto the age!

8For the sake of my brethren, and of my neighbours, I spoke peace of thee.

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9Because of the house of the Lord our God, I have sought good things for thee.