תהילים 121

1 שיר למעלות אשא עיני אל ההרים מאין יבא עזרי׃

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

2 עזרי מעם יהוה עשה שמים וארץ׃

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

3 אל יתן למוט רגלך אל ינום שמרך׃

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

4 הנה לא ינום ולא יישן שומר ישראל׃

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

5 יהוה שמרך יהוה צלך על יד ימינך׃

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

6 יומם השמש לא יככה וירח בלילה׃

[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 יהוה ישמרך מכל רע ישמר את נפשך׃

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

8 יהוה ישמר צאתך ובואך מעתה ועד עולם׃

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.