Psalms 121

1 A Song of Degrees. I lifted up mine eyes to the mountains, whence my help shall come.

[When we travel toward Jerusalem], I look up toward the hills [and I ask myself], “Who will help me?”

2 My help [shall come] from the Lord, who made the heaven and the earth.

[And my answer is] that Yahweh is the one who helps me; he is the one who made heaven and the earth.

3 Let not thy foot be moved; and let not thy keeper slumber.

He will not allow us to fall/stumble; God, who protects us, will not fall asleep.

4 Behold, he that keeps Israel shall not slumber nor sleep.

The one who protects us Israeli people never gets sleepy, nor does he sleep [LIT].

5 The Lord shall keep thee: the Lord is thy shelter upon thy right hand.

Yahweh watches over us; he is like the shade [MET] [that protects us from the sun].

6 The sun shall not burn thee by day, neither the moon by night.

[He will not allow] the sun to harm us during the day, and [he will not allow] the moon to harm us during the night.

7 May the Lord preserve thee from all evil: the Lord shall keep thy soul.

Yahweh will protect us from being harmed in any manner; he will keep us safe.

8 The Lord shall keep thy coming in, and thy going out, from henceforth and even for ever.

He will protect us from the time that we leave [our houses in the morning] until we return [in the evening]; he will protect us now, and he will protect us forever.