Psalms 121

Psalms 121
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I will lift up my eyes to the hills
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From where comes my help?
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My help comes from the LORD
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Who made heaven and earth
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He will not allow your foot to be moved
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He who keeps you will not slumber
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C
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Behold, He who keeps Israel
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Shall neither slumber nor sleep.
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The LORD is your keeper;
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The LORD is your shade at your right hand
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Am
The sun shall not strike you by day
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C-G
Nor the moon by night
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The LORD shall preserve you from all evil;
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He shall preserve your soul
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The LORD shall preserve your going out and your coming in
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From this time forth, and even forevermore
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121.
This Psalm is unique among the Psalms of Ascent. Instead of starting out like
all the other Psalms of Ascent do--Shir Hama’alot (A Song of Ascents)--this
one begins Shir Lama’alot (A Psalm to the Ascents). The comfort and
assurance written in this beloved Psalm speaks deeply to the heart. What a
hopeful promise it is; that He who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep!
I will lift up my eyes to the hills—
From where comes my help?
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My help comes from HaShem,
Who made heaven and earth.
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He will not allow your foot to be moved;
He who keeps you will not slumber.
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Behold, He who keeps Israel
Shall neither slumber nor sleep.
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HaShem is your keeper;
HaShem is your shade at your right hand.
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The sun shall not strike you by day,
Nor the moon by night.
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HaShem shall preserve you from all evil;
He shall preserve your soul.
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HaShem shall preserve your going out and your coming in
From this time forth, and even forevermore.
1 Shir LaMaalot: Esa einai el heharim me'ayin yavo ezri
2 Ezri me'im HaShem oseh shamayim va'aretz
3 Al yiten lamot raglecha al yanum shomrecha
4 Hineh lo yanum velo yishan Shomer Yisra'el
5 HaShem shomrecha HaShem tzilcha al yad yeminecha
6 Yomam hashemesh lo yakeka veyare'ach balailah
7 HaShem yishmarcha mikol ra yishmor et nafshecha
8 HaShem yishmor tzetcha uvo'echa me'atah ve'ad olam
:‫ ַל ַםעֲלֹות‬,‫א שִׁיר‬
.‫ י ָב ֹא ֶעז ְִׁרי‬,‫ ֵמַאי ִׁן‬--‫ ֶהה ִָׁרים‬-‫ אֶל‬,‫שא עֵינַי‬
ָ ‫ֶא‬
.‫ָָארץ‬
ֶ ‫ש ַמי ִׁם ו‬
ָ ,‫ עֹשֵה‬--‫ ֵמעִׁם י ְהוָה‬,‫ב ֶעז ְִׁרי‬
.‫ שֹמ ְֶרָך‬,‫י ָנּום‬-‫יִׁתֵן לַםֹוט ַרגְלֶָך; ַאל‬-‫ג ַאל‬
.‫ יִׁש ְָראֵל‬,‫ שֹומֵר‬--‫ וְֹלא י ִׁישָן‬,‫י ָנּום‬-‫ד ִׁהמֵה ֹלא‬
.‫י ַד יְמִׁינֶָך‬-‫ עַל‬,‫ה י ְהוָה שֹמ ְֶרָך; י ְהוָה ִׁצלְָך‬
.‫י ַ ֶככָה; ְוי ֵָר ַח ַב ָליְלָה‬-‫ש ֶמש ֹלא‬
ֶ ‫ ַה‬,‫ו יֹומָם‬
.‫נַ ְפשֶָך‬-‫ ֶאת‬,‫ יִׁשְמ ֹר‬:‫ ָרע‬-‫שמ ְָרָך ִׁמכָל‬
ְ ִׁ ‫ י‬,‫ז י ְהוָה‬
.‫עֹולָם‬-‫ ְועַד‬,‫ ֵמ ַעתָה‬--‫צֵאתְָך ּובֹואֶָך‬-‫שמָר‬
ְ ִׁ ‫ י‬,‫ח י ְהוָה‬
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