Psalm 121 (Version 1)

Up to the hills I lift mine eyes,

Th' eternal hills beyond the skies;

Thence all her help my soul derives;

There my Almighty refuge lives.

He lives, the everlasting God,

That built the world, that spread the flood;

The heavens with all their hosts he made,

And the dark regions of the dead.

He guides our feet, he guards our way;

His morning-smiles bless all the day;

He spreads the evening veil, and keeps

The silent hours while Israel sleeps.

Israel, a name divinely blest,

May rise secure, securely rest;

Thy holy Guardian's wakeful eyes

Admit no slumber nor surprise.

No sun shall smite thy head by day,

Nor the pale moon with sickly ray

Shall blast thy couch; no baleful star

Dart his malignant fire so far.

Should earth and hell with malice burn,

Still thou shalt go and still return

Safe in the Lord his heavenly care

Defends thy life from every snare.

On thee foul spirits have no power;

And in thy last departing hour

Angels, that trace the airy road,

Shall bear thee homeward to thy God.