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Psalm 121
- Purpose
- To offer praise and prayer to God, to supply God’s people with texts for worship, and to provide reflection on the sovereignty of God and some of life’s toughest questions
- Author
- Various; nearly half are linked with David
- Date
- Written over the course of many centuries; the process of collecting and editing was likely completed after the Babylonian exile
- Setting
- Varied, but a postexilic setting accounts for much of the editorial activity and grouping of the psalms
Psalms has 36,194 words: about 2 hours 32 minutes to read, or 4 hours 18 minutes to listen to. Read it from the start or listen from the start.
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A Song of degrees.
1I will lift
2My
3He will not
4Behold, he that
5The
6The
7The
8The
Footnotes
- a 121:1 I will…: or, Shall I lift up mine eyes to the hills? whence should my help come?
I Lift Up My Eyes to the Hills
A song of ascents.
1I lift up my eyes to the hills.From where does my help come? 2My help comes from the LORD,the Maker of heaven and earth.
3He will not allow your foot to slip;your Protector will not slumber. 4Behold, the Protector of Israelwill neither slumber nor sleep.
5The LORD is your keeper;the LORD is the shade on your right hand. 6The sun will not strike you by day,nor the moon by night.
7The LORD will guard you from all evil;He will preserve your soul. 8The LORD will watch over your coming and going,both now and forevermore.
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