Psalm 121 – read and compare multiple versions of the Bible
World English Bible
Psalm 121 (WEBP)
[1] I will lift up my eyes to the hills. Where does my help come from?
[2] My help comes from Yahweh, who made heaven and earth.
[3] He will not allow your foot to be moved. He who keeps you will not slumber.
[4] Behold, he who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.
[5] Yahweh is your keeper. Yahweh is your shade on your right hand.
[6] The sun will not harm you by day, nor the moon by night.
[7] Yahweh will keep you from all evil. He will keep your soul.
[8] Yahweh will keep your going out and your coming in, from this time forward, and forever more.
Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.
King James w/Strong’s #s
Psalm 121 (KJVS)
[1] I will lift up H5375 mine eyes H5869 unto H413 the hills, H2022 From whence H370 cometh H935 my help.§ H5828
[2] My help H5828 cometh from the Lord, H3068 Which made H6213 heaven H8064 and earth. H776
[3] He will H5414 not H408 suffer H5414 thy foot H7272 to be moved: H4132 He that keepeth H8104 thee will not slumber. H5123
[4] Behold, he that keepeth H8104 Israel H3478 Shall neither slumber H5123 nor sleep. H3462
[5] The Lord H3068 is thy keeper: H8104 The Lord H3068 is thy shade H6738 upon H5921 thy right H3225 hand. H3027
[6] The sun H8121 shall H5221 not H3808 smite H5221 thee by day, H3119 Nor the moon H3394 by night. H3915
[7] The Lord H3068 shall preserve H8104 thee from all evil: H7451 He shall preserve H8104 H853 thy soul. H5315
[8] The Lord H3068 shall preserve H8104 thy going out H3318 and thy coming in H935 From this time forth, and even for H5704 evermore. H5769
Psalm 121:1 Or, shall I lift up mine eyes to the hills? whence should my help come?
Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.
Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)
Psalm 121 (BYZ)
[1] ‡Ὠιδὴ G5603 (N-NSF) τῶν G3588 (T-GPM) ἀναβαθμῶν. G304 (N-GPM) Ἦρα G142 (V-2AAI-1S) τοὺς G3588 (T-APM) ὀφθαλμούς G3788 (N-APM) μου G3450 (P-1GS) εἰς G1519 (PREP) τὰ G3588 (T-APN) ὄρη G3735 (N-APN) Πόθεν G4159 (ADV-I) ἥξει G2240 (V-FAI-3S) ἡ G3588 (T-NSF) βοήθειά G996 (N-NSF) μου; G3450 (P-1GS)
[2] ‡Ἡ G3588 (T-NSF) βοήθειά G996 (N-NSF) μου G3450 (P-1GS) παρὰ G3844 (PREP) κυρίου G2962 (N-GSM) τοῦ G3588 (T-GSM) ποιήσαντος G4160 (V-AAP-GSM) τὸν G3588 (T-ASM) οὐρανὸν G3772 (N-ASM) καὶ G2532 (CONJ) τὴν G3588 (T-ASF) γῆν. G1093 (N-ASF)
[3] ‡Μὴ G3361 (PRT-N) δῷς G1325 (V-2AAS-2S) εἰς G1519 (PREP) σάλον G4535 (N-ASM) τὸν G3588 (T-ASM) πόδα G4228 (N-ASM) σου, G4675 (P-2GS) μηδὲ G3366 (CONJ-N) νυστάξῃ G3573 (V-2AAS-3S) ὁ G3588 (T-NSM) φυλάσσων G5442 (V-PAP-NSM) σε. G4571 (P-2AS)
[4] ‡Ἰδοὺ G2400 (V-2AMM-2S) οὐ G3756 (PRT-N) νυστάξει G3573 (V-FAI-3S) οὐδὲ G3761 (CONJ-N) ὑπνώσει ὁ G3588 (T-NSM) φυλάσσων G5442 (V-PAP-NSM) τὸν G3588 (T-ASM) Ισραηλ. G2474 (N-PRI)
[5] ‡Κύριος G2962 (N-NSM) φυλάξει G5442 (V-FAI-3S) σε, G4571 (P-2AS) κύριος G2962 (N-NSM) σκέπη σου G4675 (P-2GS) ἐπὶ G1909 (PREP) χεῖρα G5495 (N-ASF) δεξιάν G1188 (A-ASF) σου· G4675 (P-2GS)
[6] ‡ἡμέρας G2250 (N-GSF) ὁ G3588 (T-NSM) ἥλιος G2246 (N-NSM) οὐ G3756 (PRT-N) συγκαύσει σε G4571 (P-2AS) οὐδὲ G3761 (CONJ-N) ἡ G3588 (T-NSF) σελήνη G4582 (N-NSF) τὴν G3588 (T-ASF) νύκτα. G3571 (N-ASF)
[7] ‡Κύριος G2962 (N-NSM) φυλάξει G5442 (V-FAI-3S) σε G4571 (P-2AS) ἀπὸ G575 (PREP) παντὸς G3956 (A-GSN) κακοῦ, G2556 (A-GSN) φυλάξει G5442 (V-FAI-3S) τὴν G3588 (T-ASF) ψυχήν G5590 (N-ASF) σου. G4675 (P-2GS)
[8] ‡Κύριος G2962 (N-NSM) φυλάξει G5442 (V-FAI-3S) τὴν G3588 (T-ASF) εἴσοδόν G1529 (N-ASF) σου G4675 (P-2GS) καὶ G2532 (CONJ) τὴν G3588 (T-ASF) ἔξοδόν G1841 (N-ASF) σου G4675 (P-2GS) ἀπὸ G575 (PREP) τοῦ G3588 (T-GSM) νῦν G3568 (ADV) καὶ G2532 (CONJ) ἕως G2193 (ADV) τοῦ G3588 (T-GSM) αἰῶνος. G165 (N-GSM)
Psalm 121:1 Originally verse 120:1.
Psalm 121:2 Originally verse 120:2.
Psalm 121:3 Originally verse 120:3.
Psalm 121:4 Originally verse 120:4.
Psalm 121:5 Originally verse 120:5.
Psalm 121:6 Originally verse 120:6.
Psalm 121:7 Originally verse 120:7.
Psalm 121:8 Originally verse 120:8.
Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, LLC, Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.