Salmos 121

1 Cántico gradual. Alzo mis ojos hacia los montes: ¿De dónde me vendrá el socorro?

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

2 Mi socorro viene de Yahvé que creó el cielo y la tierra.

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

3 ¿Permitirá Él que resbale tu pie? ¿O se dormirá el que te guarda?

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

4 No por cierto: no dormirá, ni siquiera dormitará, el Custodio de Israel.

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

5 Es Yahvé quien te custodia; Yahvé es tu umbráculo y se mantiene a tu derecha.

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

6 De día no te dañará el sol, ni de noche la luna.

[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 Presérvete Yahvé de todo mal; Él guarde tu alma.

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

8 Yahvé custodiará tu salida y tu llegada, ahora y para siempre.

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.