Psalm 121

New International Reader’s Version

A song for those who go up to Jerusalem to worship the Lord.

1 I look up to the mountains. Where does my help come from? 

2 My help comes from the LORD. He is the Maker of heaven and earth. 

3 He won’t let your foot slip. He who watches over you won’t get tired. 

4 In fact, he who watches over Israel won’t get tired or go to sleep. 

5 The LORD watches over you. The LORD is like a shady tree at your right hand. 

6 The sun won’t harm you during the day. The moon won’t harm you during the night. 

7 The LORD will keep you from every kind of harm. He will watch over your life. 

8 The LORD will watch over your life no matter where you go, both now and for ever. 

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Psalm 121

English Standard Version

My Help Comes from the Lord

1 A Song of Ascents. I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come? (Ps 48:1; Ps 87:1; Ps 120:1; Ps 123:1; Ps 133:3; Jer 3:23) 

2 My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth. (Ps 20:2; Ps 115:15; Ps 124:8) 

3 He will not let your foot be moved; he who keeps you will not slumber. (1Sa 2:9; Ps 41:2; Ps 66:9; Ps 97:10; Ps 127:1; Pr 3:23; Pr 3:26; Isa 27:3) 

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. (Ps 16:8; Ps 91:1) 

6 The sun shall not strike you by day, nor the moon by night. (2Ki 4:19; Isa 49:10; Jon 4:8; Re 7:16) 

7 The Lord will keep you from all evil; he will keep your life. (Ps 121:3) 

8 The Lord will keep your going out and your coming in from this time forth and forevermore. (Nu 27:17; De 28:6; De 31:2; 1Sa 29:6; 1Ki 3:7; Ac 1:21) 

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