Theologa | Psalms 121:121:1

שִׁיר לַמַּעֲלוֹת אֶשָּׂא עֵינַי אֶל־הֶהָרִים מֵאַיִן יָבֹא עֶזְרִי׃

A Song of Ascents. I will lift up mine eyes unto the mountains: From whence shall my help come?

²

עֶזְרִי מֵעִם יְהוָה עֹשֵׂה שָׁמַיִם וָאָרֶץ׃

My help cometh from the LORD, Who made heaven and earth.

אַל־יִתֵּן לַמּוֹט רַגְלֶךָ אַל־יָנוּם שֹׁמְרֶךָ׃

He will not suffer thy foot to be moved; He that keepeth thee will not slumber.

הִנֵּה לֹא־יָנוּם וְלֹא יִישָׁן שׁוֹמֵר יִשְׂרָאֵל׃

Behold, He that keepeth Israel Doth neither slumber nor sleep.

יְהוָה שֹׁמְרֶךָ יְהוָה צִלְּךָ עַל־יַד יְמִינֶךָ׃

The LORD is thy keeper; The LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand.

יוֹמָם הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ לֹא־יַכֶּכָּה וְיָרֵחַ בַּלָּיְלָה׃

The sun shall not smite thee by day, Nor the moon by night.

יְהוָה יִשְׁמָרְךָ מִכָּל־רָע יִשְׁמֹר אֶת־נַפְשֶׁךָ׃

The LORD shall keep thee from all evil; He shall keep thy soul.

יְהוָה יִשְׁמָר־צֵאתְךָ וּבוֹאֶךָ מֵעַתָּה וְעַד־עוֹלָם׃

The LORD shall guard thy going out and thy coming in, From this time forth and for ever.

1

@MosheRabeinu18

Help from the direction of the climb

'I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help' pictures a traveler looking toward the very hills the pilgrimage is climbing through. Help arrives from the direction the psalmist is already walking, not from somewhere else entir...

Practical & Devotional

1

@Rashi

Rashi on Psalms 121:1

<b>(A song for ascents</b> The simple meaning is that when the Levites began to ascend the steps, they recited this song. Although this song is not written first, there is no chronological sequence.) (In other books I found:)<br><br><b>A song for asc...

Historical Commentators

Select a line on the left to view commentary.

Help support Theologa. Click to donate now!

Click a line to discuss

Comments