Psalm 121
1 I will lift up my eyes to the hills. Where does my help come from?
2 My help comes from Yahweh, who made heaven and earth.
World English Bible (WEB)
On Psalm 121: the meaning of this psalm of protection opening with "I will lift up my eyes to the hills," its image of the journey and why it is read on hard roads.
Psalm 121 is one of the short poems known as the "songs of ascents," words once sung by travelers on a journey or a climb. Its first line opens with a question: "I will lift up my eyes to the hills. Where does my help come from?"
The psalm does not leave the question hanging; it answers at once, repeating that the one who protects "will neither slumber nor sleep" and watches day and night. Danger — the strike of the sun, the dark of night — is named plainly, yet the emphasis falls not on its absence but on not being alone along the way.
You can move to the chapter below to read the whole psalm and its promise to "keep your going out and your coming in." Related collections on comfort and waiting bridge to other verses that carry the same trust.