Psalms 121 (DBY)

Chapter Text

121:1 {A Song of degrees.} I lift up mine eyes unto the mountains: whence shall my help come?

121:2 My help [cometh] from Jehovah, who made the heavens and the earth.

121:3 He will not suffer thy foot to be moved; he that keepeth thee will not slumber.

121:4 Behold, he that keepeth Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.

121:5 Jehovah is thy keeper, Jehovah is thy shade upon thy right hand;

121:6 The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.

121:7 Jehovah will keep thee from all evil; he will keep thy soul.

121:8 Jehovah will keep thy going out and thy coming in, from henceforth and for evermore.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "song", "degrees", "lift", "mine", "eyes", "mountains", "whence", and "shall". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "song" and "degrees", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The local DBY text gives this verse as the immediate unit, so "song" and "degrees" carries the first interpretive weight. In Psalms context, the local focus is worship, trust, the LORD's kingship, and covenant mercy.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "song" and "degrees" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.