Psalm 121 (NRSV)
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Verse 1I lift up my eyes to the hills- from where will my help come?
Verse 2My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth.
Verse 3He will not let your foot be moved; he who keeps you will not slumber.
Verse 4He who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.
Verse 5The Lord is your keeper; the Lord is your shade at your right hand.
Verse 6The sun shall not strike you by day, nor the moon by night.
Verse 7The Lord will keep you from all evil; he will keep your life.
Verse 8The Lord will keep your going out and your coming in from this time on and forevermore.
Devotion
My high school choir director experienced hard times in his life. He looked to Psalm 121 for comfort. One summer, he wrote a song using the words from that Psalm. That fall, he told my choir about his struggle and gave the song to us as a gift. We worked hard that year to learn the song, and sang it at our closing concert. It was a moving moment, for us and our director. What a gift. Later, as I hit hard times in life, Psalm 121 was the first place I turned. My choir director gave us more then I had imagined, for he knew that he couldn't keep the hard times from happening in our lives, but he could give us guidance when we hit them.
Prayer
I lift up my eyes to the mountains; where does my help come from? My help comes from the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth.
(Psalm 121:1-2 NIV)