Psalm 121
1 I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.
1 I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills; from | whence • cometh my | help? ||
2 My help cometh even from the | Lord, • who hath | made • heaven and | earth. ||
2 My help cometh from the Lord, which made heaven and earth.
3 He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber.
3 He will not suffer thy foot to be moved; * and he that | keepeth thee • will not | sleep. ||
4 Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall | neither | 3 slumber nor | sleep. ||
4 Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.
5 The Lord is thy keeper: the Lord is thy shade upon thy right hand.
5 The Lord him- | self • is thy | keeper; ||
the Lord is thy de- | fence up- | on thy | right hand; ||
6 The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.
6 So that the sun shall not | 3 burn thee by | day, ||
3 nei- | ther the | moon by | night. ||
7 The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul.
7 The Lord shall pre- | serve thee • from all | evil; ||
yea, it is even | he • that shall | keep thy | soul. ||
8 The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.
8 The Lord shall preserve thy going out, and thy | coming | in, ||
from | this time | forth for • ever- | more. ||
About the Pointing
The text of the Coverdale Psalter follows the 1928 American Book of Common Prayer. The pointing, suitably adapted, is taken from Charles Macpherson, Edward C. Bairstow, and Percy C. Buck, The English Psalter (Novello & Co., 1925).