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 Standard Version

Psalms 121

1A Song of Ascents. I will lift up mine eyes unto the mountains: From whence shall my help come? 2My help [cometh] from Jehovah, Who made heaven and earth. 3He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: He that keepeth thee will not slumber. 4Behold, he that keepeth Israel Will neither slumber nor sleep. 5Jehovah is thy keeper: Jehovah is thy shade upon thy right hand. 6The sun shall not smite thee by day, Nor the moon by night. 7Jehovah will keep thee from all evil; He will keep thy soul. 8Jehovah will keep thy going out and thy coming in From this time forth and for evermore.

American Standard Version (1901). Copyright expired. Public domain.