Psalms 121

1 A Song of the Ascents. I lift up mine eyes unto the hills, Whence doth 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 Jehovah, maker of heaven 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 suffereth not thy foot to be moved, Thy preserver slumbereth not.

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

4 Lo, He slumbereth not, nor sleepeth, He who is preserving Israel.

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

5 Jehovah [is] thy preserver, Jehovah [is] thy shade on thy right hand,

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

6 By day the sun doth not smite thee, 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 Jehovah preserveth thee from all evil, He doth preserve thy soul.

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

8 Jehovah preserveth thy going out and thy coming in, From henceforth even unto the age!

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.