1 A Song of Ascents. I will lift up mine eyes unto the mountains: From whence shall my help come?Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- A Song H7892 (שִׁיר) — a song; abstractly, singing
- of degrees H4609 (מַעֲלָה) — elevation, i.e. the act (literally, a journey to a higher place, figuratively, a thought arising), or (concretely) the condition (literally, a step or grade-mar…
- I will lift up H5375 (נָשָׂא) — to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
- mine eyes H5869 (עַיִן) — an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
- unto the hills H2022 (הַר) — a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)
- from whence H370 (אַיִן) — where? (only in connection with prepositional prefix, whence)
- cometh H935 (בּוֹא) — to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
- my help H5828 (עֵזֶר) — aid
2 My help cometh from Jehovah, Who made heaven and earth.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- My help H5828 (עֵזֶר) — aid
- from Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
- which made H6213 (עָשָׂה) — to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
- heaven H8064 (שָׁמַיִם) — the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)
- and earth H776 (אֶרֶץ) — the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
3 He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: He that keepeth thee will not slumber.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- He will not suffer H5414 (נָתַן) — to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
- thy foot H7272 (רֶגֶל) — a foot (as used in walking); by implication, a step; by euphemistically the pudenda
- to be moved H4132 (מוֹט) — a wavering, i.e. fall; by implication, a pole (as shaking); hence, a yoke (as essentially a bent pole)
- he that keepeth H8104 (שָׁמַר) — properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
- thee will not slumber H5123 (נוּם) — to slumber (from drowsiness)
4 Behold, he that keepeth Israel Will neither slumber nor sleep.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- Behold, he that keepeth H8104 (שָׁמַר) — properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
- Israel H3478 (יִשְׂרָאֵל) — he will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
- shall neither slumber H5123 (נוּם) — to slumber (from drowsiness)
- nor sleep H3462 (יָשֵׁן) — properly, to be slack or languid, i.e. (by implication) sleep (figuratively, to die); also to grow old, stale or inveterate
5 Jehovah is thy keeper: Jehovah is thy shade upon thy right hand.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
- thy keeper H8104 (שָׁמַר) — properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
- thy shade H6738 (צֵל) — shade, whether literal or figurative
- upon thy right H3225 (יָמִין) — the right hand or side (leg, eye) of a person or other object (as the stronger and more dexterous); locally, the south
- hand H3027 (יָד) — a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from 3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of a…
6 The sun shall not smite thee by day, Nor the moon by night.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- The sun H8121 (שֶׁמֶשׁ) — the sun; by implication, the east; figuratively, a ray, i.e. (architectural) a notched battlement
- shall not smite H5221 (נָכָה) — to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
- thee by day H3119 (יוֹמָם) — daily
- nor the moon H3394 (יָרֵחַ) — the moon
- by night H3915 (לַיִל) — properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity
7 Jehovah will keep thee from all evil; He will keep thy soul.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
- shall preserve H8104 (שָׁמַר) — properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
- thee from all evil H7451 (רַע) — bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
- he shall preserve H8104 (שָׁמַר) — properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
- thy soul H5315 (נֶפֶשׁ) — properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
8 Jehovah will keep thy going out and thy coming in From this time forth and for evermore.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
- shall preserve H8104 (שָׁמַר) — properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
- thy going out H3318 (יָצָא) — to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.
- and thy coming in H935 (בּוֹא) — to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
- from this time forth, and even for H5704 (עַד) — as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
- evermore H5769 (עוֹלָם) — properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (especially…