The Lord the Keeper of Israel.

¹I will lift up my eyes to the hills [of Jerusalem]—

From where shall my help come? [Jer 3:23]

²My help comes from the Lord ,

Who made heaven and earth.

³He will not allow your foot to slip;

He who keeps you will not slumber. [1 Sam 2:9; Ps 127:1; Prov 3:23, 26; Is 27:3]

⁴Behold, He who keeps Israel

Will neither slumber [briefly] nor sleep [soundly].

⁵¶The Lord is your keeper;

The Lord is your shade on your right hand. [Is 25:4]

⁶The sun will not strike you by day,

Nor the moon by night. [Ps 91:5; Is 49:10; Rev 7:16]

⁷The Lord will protect you from all evil;

He will keep your life.

⁸The Lord will guard your going out and your coming in [everything that you do]

From this time forth and forever. [Deut 28:6; Prov 2:8; 3:6]