A Song of degrees.

1 I WILL lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.
2 My help cometh from the Lord, which made heaven and earth.
3 He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber.
4 Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.
5 The Lord is thy keeper: the Lord is thy shade upon thy right hand.
6 The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.
7 The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul.
8 The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.

1A song of degrees. I will lift vp mine eyes vnto the hilles: from whence commeth my helpe.

2My helpe commeth from the Lord: which made heauen and earth.

3He will not suffer thy foote to bee moued: he that keepeth thee will not slumber.

4Behold, he that keepeth Israel; shall neither slumber nor sleepe.

5The Lord is thy keeper: the Lord is thy shade, vpon thy right hand.

6The sunne shall not smite thee by day; nor the moone by night.

7The Lord shall preserue thee from all euill: hee shall preserue thy soule.

8The Lord shall preserue thy going out, and thy comming in: from this time foorth and euen for euermore.

I == Jer 3:23

 

II == Ps 124:8

 

III == 1st Sam 2:9 ; Ps 127:1 ; Prov 3:23 , 28 Isa 27:3

 

 

V == Ps 16:8 ; 109:31 ; Isa 25:4

VI == Ps 91:5 ; Isa 49:10 ; Rev 7:16

VII == Ps 41:2 ; 97:10 ; 145:20

 

VIII == Deut 28:6 ; Prov 2:8 ; 3:6

1 A song of ascents. I raise my eyes toward the mountains. From whence shall come my help?

2 My help comes from the LORD, the maker of heaven and earth.

3 He will not allow your foot to slip; or your guardian to sleep.

4 Behold, the guardian of Israel never slumbers nor sleeps.

5 The LORD is your guardian; the LORD is your shade at your right hand.

6 By day the sun will not strike you, nor the moon by night.

7 The LORD will guard you from all evil; he will guard your soul.

8 The LORD will guard your coming and goingboth now and forever.

Psalm 121 Sung as Pilgims as they caught sight of the mountains surrounding Jerusalem.

v 1,2 As the pilgrim traveled toward Mt Moriah, where the temple was located, he knew the presence of the Lord was there and he could find help. His help was from the  Lord, not the hills. This is proven in Jer. 3:23.

v 3-8 The pilgrim was confident the Lord would watch over and protect him day and night and forever. In that area of the country the sun is intense and even sleeping in moonlight without the head being covered causes damage to the eyes and even to the brain. So we can be smitten, but the Lord preserves us to the extent of His will.