Psalms 121 (GNV)

Chapter Text

121:1 A song of degrees. I will lift mine eyes vnto the mountaines, from whence mine helpe shall come.

121:2 Mine helpe commeth from the Lord, which hath made the heauen and the earth.

121:3 He wil not suffer thy foote to slippe: for he that keepeth thee, will not slumber.

121:4 Beholde, he that keepeth Israel, wil neither slumber nor sleepe.

121:5 The Lord is thy keeper: the Lord is thy shadow at thy right hand.

121:6 The sunne shall not smite thee by day, nor the moone by night.

121:7 The Lord shall preserue thee from all euil: he shall keepe thy soule.

121:8 The Lord shall preserue thy going out, and thy comming in from henceforth and for euer.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "song", "degrees", "lift", "mine", "eyes", "vnto", "mountaines", and "whence". 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 GNV 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.