Psalms 121 (KJV)

Chapter Text

121:1 I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.

121:2 My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and 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 shall neither slumber nor sleep.

121:5 The LORD is thy keeper: the LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand.

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

121:7 The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul.

121:8 The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.

Study Lenses

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

The local KJV text gives this verse as the immediate unit, so "lift" and "mine" 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 "lift" and "mine" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.