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Psalms

Chapter 121

1a~~{Title}'A Psalm Going up the Steps of the Temple'
  {shiyr ma`alah - referring 'meditation for going into Church/Temple'
  on each step, the Psalmist would quote a verse, then move up to
  the next step - a step at a time it is literally
  translated 'A Song of Degrees'}

1b`` I turn my eyes to the mountains
from where will my help come?

2``My help comes from Jehovah/God . . .
the Maker of heaven and earth.

3``He will not let your foot give way . . .
your guardian will not slumber.

4``See the guardian of Israel
neither slumbers nor sleeps.

5``Jehovah/God is your guardian.

Jehovah/God is your protection . . .
at your right hand.

6``By day, the sun will not strike you . . .
nor the moon by night.

7~~Jehovah/God will protect you from evil.

He will guard your soul.

8``Jehovah/God will guard your going and coming
now and forever.