Psalm 121 :: English Standard Version (ESV)

My Help Comes from the Lord

Psa 121:1

Psa 121:1A Song of Ascents.
I lift up my eyes to the hills.
From where does my help come?

Psa 121:2

Psa 121:2My help comes from the LORD,
who made heaven and earth.

Psa 121:3

Psa 121:3He will not let your foot be moved;
he who keeps you will not slumber.

Psa 121:4

Psa 121:4Behold, he who keeps Israel
will neither slumber nor sleep.

Psa 121:5

Psa 121:5The LORD is your keeper;
the LORD is your shade on your right hand.

Psa 121:6

Psa 121:6The sun shall not strike you by day,
nor the moon by night.

Psa 121:7

Psa 121:7The LORD will keep you from all evil;
he will keep your life.

Psa 121:8

Psa 121:8The LORD will keep
your going out and your coming in
from this time forth and forevermore.

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