Psalm 121
King James Version · 8 verses
Psalm 121 is one of the Songs of Degrees, the short psalms traditionally sung by pilgrims on the road up to Jerusalem. It opens with a traveller looking at the hills and asking where help comes from, and answers at once: from the Lord, who made heaven and earth. The word keep, or preserve, runs through the whole psalm — a keeper who does not sleep.
1I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.
2My help cometh from the Lord, which 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 shall neither slumber nor sleep.
5The Lord is thy keeper: the Lord is thy shade upon thy right hand.
6The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.
7The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul.
8The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.
Key verses in Psalm 121
- Psalm 121:1-2 — The hills are where the question is asked; the help comes from the one who made them.
- Psalm 121:3-4 — He that keepeth thee will not slumber — said twice, for the person lying awake.
- Psalm 121:8 — Going out and coming in: the ordinary whole of a day, from this time forth.