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Help along the way
The speaker looks toward the hills and asks where help comes from. The answer points to the maker of heaven and earth. The repeated language of keeping follows the traveler through day and night, going out and coming in.
Chapter text: World English Bible (WEB), from the app’s English text source. This is a reading text, not a synchronized lyric transcript.
A Song of Ascents.
I will lift up my eyes to the hills.
Where does my help come from? My help comes from the LORD,
who made heaven and earth.
He will not allow your foot to be moved.
He who keeps you will not slumber. Behold,
he who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.
The LORD is your keeper.
The LORD is your shade on your right hand.
The sun will not harm you by day,
nor the moon by night.
The LORD will keep you from all evil.
He will keep your soul.
The LORD will keep your going out and your coming in,
from this time forward, and forever more.
A moment to reflect
Which image of watchfulness stays with you after listening?
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