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1 I will lift up my eyes to the hills. Where does my help come from?
2 My help comes from Yahweh, who made heaven and earth.
3 He will not allow your foot to be moved. He who keeps you will not slumber.
4 Behold, he who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.
5 Yahweh is your keeper. Yahweh is your shade on your right hand.
6 The sun will not harm you by day, nor the moon by night.
7 Yahweh will keep you from all evil. He will keep your soul.
8 Yahweh will keep your going out and your coming in, from this time forward, and forever more.
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Psalms 121 study resources: word-by-word Hebrew interlinear with Strong's numbers, 29 cross-references.
Cross-references in Psalms 121 (29)
- v.2 Isaiah 41:13
- v.1 Psalms 120:1
- v.2 Psalms 124:8
- v.2 Hebrews 13:6
- v.1 Psalms 123:1
- v.2 Isaiah 40:28-29
- v.2 Psalms 146:5-6
- v.3 Proverbs 3:26
- v.8 Deuteronomy 28:6
- v.7 2 Timothy 4:18
- v.2 Psalms 46:1
- v.7 Psalms 91:9-12
- v.1 Jeremiah 3:23
- v.2 Jeremiah 20:11
- v.2 Psalms 115:15
- v.1 Isaiah 2:3
- v.3 Proverbs 3:23
- v.7 Psalms 41:2
- v.3 1 Samuel 2:9
- v.1 Psalms 2:6
- v.8 Proverbs 2:8
- v.5 Isaiah 25:4
- v.7 Proverbs 12:21
- v.8 Proverbs 3:6
- v.2 Hosea 13:9
- v.6 Revelation 7:16
- v.5 Psalms 91:1
- v.3 Psalms 91:12
- v.6 Isaiah 49:10
Hebrew interlinear — Psalms 121:1–8 (54 words)
1
- אֶשָּׂ֣אʾeśśāʾnasa': to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absol. and rel. (as follows)H5375
- עֵ֭ינַיʿênay`ayin: an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)H5869
- אֶלʾelel: (properly) denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, i.e. near, with or amongH413
- הֶהָרִ֑יםhehārîmhar: a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)H2022
- מֵ֝אַ֗יִןmēʾayinaiyn: where?; (with prepositional prefix) whence?H370
- יָבֹ֥אyābōʾbow': to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)H935
- עֶזְרִֽי׃ʿezrî`ezer: aidH5828
2
- עֶ֭זְרִיʿezrî`ezer: aidH5828
- מֵעִ֣םmēʿim`im: adverb or preposition, with (i.e. in conjunction with), in varied applicationsH5973
- יְהוָ֑הyĕhwâYhovah: (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068
- עֹ֝שֵׂ֗הʿōśē`asah: to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows)H6213
- שָׁמַ֥יִםšāmayimshamayim: the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the...H8064
- וָאָֽרֶץ׃wāʾāreṣerets: the earth (at large, or partitively a land)H776
3
- אַלʾalal: (qualified negation) not (used as a deprecative)H408
- יִתֵּ֣ןyittēnnathan: to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)H5414
- לַמּ֣וֹטlammôṭmowt: a wavering, i.e. fall; (by implication) a pole (as shaking)H4132
- רַגְלֶ֑ךָraglekāregel: a foot (as used in walking); (by implication) a stepH7272
- אַלʾalal: (qualified negation) not (used as a deprecative)H408
- יָ֝נ֗וּםyānûmnuwm: to slumber (from drowsiness)H5123
- שֹֽׁמְרֶֽךָ׃šōmĕrekāshamar: (properly) to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guardH8104
4
- הִנֵּ֣הhinnēhinneh: lo!H2009
- לֹֽאlōʾlo': (the simple or absolute negation) not; (by implication) noH3808
- יָ֭נוּםyānûmnuwm: to slumber (from drowsiness)H5123
- וְלֹ֣אwĕlōʾlo': (the simple or absolute negation) not; (by implication) noH3808
- יִישָׁ֑ןyîšānyashen: (properly) to be slack or languid; (by implication) to sleepH3462
- שׁ֝וֹמֵ֗רšômērshamar: (properly) to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guardH8104
- יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃yiśrāʾēlYisra'el: he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of JacobH3478
5
- יְהוָ֥הyĕhwâYhovah: (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068
- שֹׁמְרֶ֑ךָšōmĕrekāshamar: (properly) to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guardH8104
- יְהוָ֥הyĕhwâYhovah: (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068
- צִ֝לְּךָ֗ṣillĕkātsel: shade, whether literal or figurativeH6738
- עַלʿal`al: above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of...H5921
- יַ֥דyadyad: a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.), in distinction from H3709, the closed one)H3027
- יְמִינֶֽךָ׃yĕmînekāyamiyn: the right hand or side (leg, eye) of a person or other object (as the stronger and more dexterous)H3225
6
- יוֹמָ֗םyômāmyowmam: dailyH3119
- הַשֶּׁ֥מֶשׁhaššemešshemesh: the sun; (by implication) the eastH8121
- לֹֽאlōʾlo': (the simple or absolute negation) not; (by implication) noH3808
- יַכֶּ֗כָּהyakkekkânakah: to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)H5221
- וְיָרֵ֥חַwĕyārēaḥyareach: the moonH3394
- בַּלָּֽיְלָה׃ballāyĕlâlayil: (properly) a twist (away of the light), i.e. nightH3915
7
- יְֽהוָ֗הyĕhwâYhovah: (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068
- יִשְׁמָרְךָ֥yišmorkāshamar: (properly) to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guardH8104
- מִכָּלmikkālkol: (properly) the whole; (hence) all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)H3605
- רָ֑עrāʿra`: bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)H7451
- יִ֝שְׁמֹ֗רyišmōrshamar: (properly) to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guardH8104
- אֶתʾeteth: (properly) self; (generally) used to point out the object of a verb (or preposition) more definitelyH853
- נַפְשֶֽׁךָ׃napšekānephesh: (properly) a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitalityH5315
8
- יְֽהוָ֗הyĕhwâYhovah: (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068
- יִשְׁמָרyišmārshamar: (properly) to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guardH8104
- צֵאתְךָ֥ṣēʾtĕkāyatsa': to go out; (causatively) to bring outH3318
- וּבוֹאֶ֑ךָûbôʾekābow': to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)H935
- מֵֽ֝עַתָּ֗הmēʿattâ`attah: at this time, whether adverb, conjunction or expletiveH6258
- וְעַדwĕʿad`ad: (properly) a (peremptory) terminusH5704
- עוֹלָֽם׃ʿôlām`owlam: (properly) concealed, i.e. the vanishing pointH5769
Strong's words in Psalms 121 (6)
- Strong's H8104 — שֹֽׁמְרֶֽךָ׃ (šōmĕrekā)
- shamar (shaw-mar') v. 1. (properly) to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard 2. (generally) to protect, attend to, etc [a primitive root] KJV: beward, be circumspect, take heed (to self), keep(-er, self), mark, look narrowly, observe, preserve, regard, reserve, save (self), sure, (that lay) wait (for), watch(-man).. Appears 6 times in Psalms 121.
- Strong's H3068 — יְהוָ֑ה (yĕhwâ)
- Yhovah (yeh-ho-vaw') n/p. 1. (the) self-Existent or Eternal 2. Jehovah, Jewish national name of God [from H1961] KJV: Jehovah, the Lord. Root(s): H1961 Compare: H3050, H3069. Appears 5 times in Psalms 121.
- Strong's H408 — אַל (ʾal)
- al (al) adv. 1. (qualified negation) not (used as a deprecative) 2. (as a noun) nothing (used once in Job 24 [a negative particle (akin to H3808)] KJV: nay, neither, + never, no ,nor, not, nothing (worth), rather than. Root(s): H3808. Appears 2 times in Psalms 121.
- Strong's H5123 — יָ֝נ֗וּם (yānûm)
- nuwm (noom) v. 1. to slumber (from drowsiness) [a primitive root] KJV: sleep, slumber.. Appears 2 times in Psalms 121.
- Strong's H5828 — עֶזְרִֽי׃ (ʿezrî)
- `ezer (ay'-zer) n-m. 1. aid [from H5826] KJV: help. Root(s): H5826. Appears 2 times in Psalms 121.
- Strong's H935 — יָבֹ֥א (yābōʾ)
- bow' (bo) v. 1. to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) [a primitive root] KJV: abide, apply, attain, X be, befall, + besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, X certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, X doubtless again, + eat, + employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, + follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, + have, X indeed, (in-)vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, X (well) stricken (in age), X surely, take (in), way.. Appears 2 times in Psalms 121.