Psalms 121

Psalms 121:1

AMP: I will lift up my eyes to the hills [of Jerusalem]—From where shall my help come? [Jer 3:23]

ASV: I will lift up mine eyes unto the mountains: From whence shall my help come?

BSB: I lift up my eyes to the hills.From where does my help come?

DARBY: {A Song of degrees.} I lift up mine eyes unto the mountains: whence shall my help come?

DRA: In my trouble I cried to the Lord: and he heard me.

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

Psalms 121:2

AMP: My help comes from the Lord,Who made heaven and earth.

ASV: My help [cometh] from Jehovah, Who made heaven and earth.

BSB: My help comes from the LORD,the Maker of heaven and earth.

DARBY: My help [cometh] from Jehovah, who made the heavens and the earth.

DRA: O Lord, deliver my soul from wicked lips, and a deceitful tongue.

KJV: My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth.

Psalms 121:3

AMP: He will not allow your foot to slip;He who keeps you will not slumber. [1 Sam 2:9; Ps 127:1; Prov 3:23, 26; Is 27:3]

ASV: He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: He that keepeth thee will not slumber.

BSB: He will not allow your foot to slip;your Protector will not slumber.

DARBY: He will not suffer thy foot to be moved; he that keepeth thee will not slumber.

DRA: What shall be given to thee, or what shall be added to thee, to a deceitful tongue.

KJV: He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber.

Psalms 121:4

AMP: Behold, He who keeps IsraelWill neither slumber [briefly] nor sleep [soundly].

ASV: Behold, he that keepeth Israel Will neither slumber nor sleep.

BSB: Behold, the Protector of Israelwill neither slumber nor sleep.

DARBY: Behold, he that keepeth Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.

DRA: The sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals that lay waste.

KJV: Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.

Psalms 121:5

AMP: ¶The Lord is your keeper;The Lord is your shade on your right hand. [Is 25:4]

ASV: Jehovah is thy keeper: Jehovah is thy shade upon thy right hand.

BSB: The LORD is your keeper;the LORD is the shade on your right hand.

DARBY: Jehovah is thy keeper, Jehovah is thy shade upon thy right hand;

DRA: Woe is me, that my sojourning is prolonged! I have dwelt with the inhabitants of cedar:

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

Psalms 121:6

AMP: The sun will not strike you by day,Nor the moon by night. [Ps 91:5; Is 49:10; Rev 7:16]

ASV: The sun shall not smite thee by day, Nor the moon by night.

BSB: The sun will not strike you by day,nor the moon by night.

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

DRA: my soul hath been long a sojourner.

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

Psalms 121:7

AMP: The Lord will protect you from all evil;He will keep your life.

ASV: Jehovah will keep thee from all evil; He will keep thy soul.

BSB: The LORD will guard you from all evil;He will preserve your soul.

DARBY: Jehovah will keep thee from all evil; he will keep thy soul.

DRA: With them that hate peace I was peaceable: when I spoke to them they fought against me without cause.

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

Psalms 121:8

AMP: The Lord will guard your going out and your coming in [everything that you do]From this time forth and forever. [Deut 28:6; Prov 2:8; 3:6]

ASV: Jehovah will keep thy going out and thy coming in From this time forth and for evermore. Psalm 122 A Song of Ascents; of David.

BSB: The LORD will watch over your coming and going,both now and forevermore.

DARBY: Jehovah will keep thy going out and thy coming in, from henceforth and for evermore.

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