Psalms 121

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

A song of ascents. I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come?

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

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

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

He will not allow your foot to slip; your Protector will not slumber.

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

Behold, the Protector of Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.

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

The LORD is your keeper; the LORD is the shade on your right hand.

6 [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.

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

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

The LORD will guard you from all evil; He will preserve your soul.

8 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.

The LORD will watch over your coming and going, both now and forevermore.