Psalms 121

1 A SONG OF THE ASCENTS. I lift up my eyes to the hills, From where does my help come?

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

2 My help [is] from YHWH, Maker of the heavens and earth,

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

3 He does not permit your foot to be moved, He who is preserving you does not slumber.

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

4 Behold, He does not slumber, nor sleep, He who is preserving Israel.

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

5 YHWH [is] He who is preserving you, YHWH [is] your shade on your right hand,

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

6 By day the sun does not strike you, Nor 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 YHWH preserves you from all evil, He preserves your soul.

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

8 YHWH preserves your going out and your coming in, From now on—even for all time!

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.