Ψαλμοί 121

1 ᾠδὴ τῶν ἀναβαθμῶν ἦρα τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς μου εἰς τὰ ὄρη πόθεν ἥξει ἡ βοήθειά μου

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

2 ἡ βοήθειά μου παρὰ κυρίου τοῦ ποιήσαντος τὸν οὐρανὸν καὶ τὴν γῆν

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

3 μὴ δῷς εἰς σάλον τὸν πόδα σου μηδὲ νυστάξῃ ὁ φυλάσσων σε

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

4 ἰδοὺ οὐ νυστάξει οὐδὲ ὑπνώσει ὁ φυλάσσων τὸν Ισραηλ

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

5 κύριος φυλάξει σε κύριος σκέπη σου ἐπὶ χεῖρα δεξιάν σου

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

6 ἡμέρας ὁ ἥλιος οὐ συγκαύσει σε οὐδὲ ἡ σελήνη τὴν νύκτα

[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 κύριος φυλάξει σε ἀπὸ παντὸς κακοῦ φυλάξει τὴν ψυχήν σου

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

8 κύριος φυλάξει τὴν εἴσοδόν σου καὶ τὴν ἔξοδόν σου ἀπὸ τοῦ νῦν καὶ ἕως τοῦ αἰῶνος

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.