Revised Literal Translation

Psalms 121

A Song of degrees.

1I will lift upאֶשָּׂ֣א'e.Sa'H5375mine eyesעֵ֭ינַי'Ei.naiH5869unto the hillsהֶהָרִ֑יםhe.ha.RimH2022,from whenceמֵ֝אַ֗יִןme.'A.yinH370comethיָבֹ֥אya.Vo'H935my helpעֶזְרִֽי׃'ez.RiH5828.

2My helpעֶ֭זְרִי'Ez.riH5828comethfrom Yhwhיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068,which madeעֹ֝שֵׂ֗ה'o.SehH6213heavenשָׁמַ֥יִםsha.Ma.yimH8064and earthוָאָֽרֶץ׃va.'A.retzH776.

3He will not sufferיִתֵּ֣ןyi.TenH5414thy footרַגְלֶ֑ךָrag.Le.khaH7272to be movedלַמּ֣וֹטla.MotH4132:he that keepethשֹֽׁמְרֶֽךָ׃Sho.me.Re.khaH8104thee will not slumberיָ֝נ֗וּםya.NumH5123.

4Behold, he that keepethשׁ֝וֹמֵ֗רSho.MerH8104Israelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElH3478shall neither slumberיָ֭נוּםYa.numH5123nor sleepיִישָׁ֑ןyi.ShanH3462.

5Yhwhיְהוָ֥הYah.wehH3068isthy keeperשֹׁמְרֶ֑ךָsho.me.Re.khaH8104:Yhwhיְהוָ֥הYah.wehH3068isthy shadeצִ֝לְּךָ֗tzi.le.khaH6738upon thy rightיְמִינֶֽךָ׃ye.mi.Ne.khaH3225handיַ֥דyadH3027.

6The sunהַשֶּׁ֥מֶשׁha.She.meshH8121shall not smiteיַכֶּ֗כָּהya.Ke.kahH5221thee by dayיוֹמָ֗םyo.MamH3119,nor the moonוְיָרֵ֥חַve.ya.Re.achH3394by nightבַּלָּֽיְלָה׃ba.La.ye.lahH3915.

7Yhwhיְֽהוָ֗הYah.wehH3068shall preserveיִשְׁמָרְךָ֥yish.ma.re.KhaH8104thee from all evilרָ֑עRa'H7451:he shall preserveיִ֝שְׁמֹ֗רyish.MorH8104thy soulנַפְשֶֽׁךָ׃naf.She.khaH5315.

8Yhwhיְֽהוָ֗הYah.wehH3068shall preserveיִשְׁמָר־yish.mor-H8104thy going outצֵאתְךָ֥tze.te.KhaH3318and thy coming inוּבוֹאֶ֑ךָu.vo.'E.khaH935from this time forth, and even forוְעַד־ve.'ad-H5704evermoreעוֹלָֽם׃o.LamH5769.

A Song of degrees.

Commentaries on Psalms 121