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A pale stony road winding up a long valley into folded limestone hills, a tiny family with a donkey far off on it, the upper half clear pale sky.

Song of ascents

Psalm 121

You look at the road ahead and the honest question comes up: who is going to help me?

8 verses≈ 3 minBSB

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Where we are

  1. 1–41Book IDavid's prayers: 'The LORD is my shepherd'
  2. 42–72Book II'As the deer pants'; the throne under pressure
  3. 73–89Book IIIAsaph and Korah: the kingdom falls
  4. 90–106Book IVBack to Moses: the LORD reigns
  5. 107–150Book VSongs of ascents, and the last HallelujahPsalm 121

I Lift Up My Eyes to the Hills

A song of ascents.

I lift up my eyes to the hills.

From where does my help come?

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My help comes from the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth.

Psalm 121:2

A sandaled foot set down on a narrow path of loose scree above a drop, a few pebbles rolling off the edge.

He will not allow your foot to slip;

your Protector will not slumber.

Behold, the Protector of Israel

will neither slumber nor sleep.

White noon on a bare slope: one great boulder throws a hard blue shadow, and a small traveler sits inside it with a water skin.

The LORD is your keeper;

the LORD is the shade on your right hand.

The sun will not strike you by day,

nor the moon by night.

0:09

Narrated by Bob Souer · BSB audio, public domain

Early light at the plain door of a stone house: a woman on the step watches a man with a staff and bundle go down the lane, a child at her side.

The LORD will guard you from all evil;

He will preserve your soul.

The LORD will watch over your coming and going,

both now and forevermore.

Pray

Pray it

Say verses 7 and 8 aloud over someone who is leaving the house today, by name. “The LORD will watch over your coming and going.”

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Psalm 121

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A verse to carry with you

My help comes from the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth.

Psalm 121:2

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