Psalms

The Psalter is Israel’s hymnbook: lament, praise, thanksgiving, royal psalms, and wisdom. It trains the heart to speak to God in trouble and in joy, and it points ahead to the Messiah.

Author: David and others
Date: c. 1400–400 BC
Theme: Prayers and songs for every season of the life of faith.
Key verses: Psalm 23; Psalm 51; Psalm 119:105
American King James

Psalms 121

1¶ A song of degrees. I will lift up my eyes to the hills, from where comes my help. 2My help comes from the LORD, which made heaven and earth. 3He will not suffer your foot to be moved: he that keeps you will not slumber. 4Behold, he that keeps Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. 5The LORD is your keeper: the LORD is your shade on your right hand. 6The sun shall not smite you by day, nor the moon by night. 7The LORD shall preserve you from all evil: he shall preserve your soul. 8The LORD shall preserve your going out and your coming in from this time forth, and even for ever more.

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