1 Canto de ascenso. Alzo la vista hacia las montañas. ¿De dónde vendrá mi ayuda? 2 Tu ayuda viene del Señor, que hizo el cielo y la tierra. 3 Que él no deje resbalar tu pie; quien te cuida no necesita dormir. 4 Mira, quien cuida a Israel no cierra los ojos para dormir. 5 El Señor es quien te cuida; el Señor es tu sombra a tu derecha. 6 No te tocará el sol de día ni la luna de noche. 7 El Señor te protegerá de todo mal; cuidará de tu vida. 8 El Señor cuidará tu salida y tu entrada, desde ahora y para siempre.
Psalms · Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
Psalm 121 Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
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Notes on this text (1)
- Greek and Latin Bibles number most Psalms one lower than Hebrew and English Bibles.
Cross references (8)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Psalm 120:1; Psalm 123:1; Jeremiah 3:23; Isaiah 2:3; Psalm 2:6
- 2 Isaiah 41:13; Psalm 124:8; Hebrews 13:6; Isaiah 40:28–29; Psalm 146:5–6
- 3 Proverbs 3:26; Proverbs 3:23; 1 Samuel 2:9; Psalm 91:12; Psalm 66:9
- 4 Psalm 127:1; Isaiah 27:3; Psalm 32:7–8; 1 Kings 18:27; Ecclesiastes 8:16
- 5 Isaiah 25:4; Psalm 91:1; Exodus 13:21; Psalm 16:8; Isaiah 4:5–6
- 6 Revelation 7:16; Isaiah 49:10; Psalm 91:5–10; Jonah 4:8
- 7 2 Timothy 4:18; Psalm 91:9–12; Psalm 41:2; Proverbs 12:21; Psalm 145:20
- 8 Deuteronomy 28:6; Proverbs 2:8; Proverbs 3:6; Psalm 113:2; Ezra 8:31
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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
How these were chosen
“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
The Psalm which we have just heard chanted, and have responded to with our voices, is short, and very profitable. Ye will not long toil in hearing, nor will ye toil fruitlessly in working. For it is, according to the title prefixed to it, "A song of degrees." Degrees are either of ascent or of descent.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)
Thou never ceasest to pluck them out, but I, constantly remain fast in the snares set all around me; because Thou "that keepest Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep."
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)
cxxi. 4 ), and "Do not suffer thy foot to be moved." ( Ps.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 14 (1889)
"Except the Lord keep the city, he that keepeth it waketh but in vain." And what "city"? "He that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep." What is Israel, but the seed of Abraham?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)
He knew that He was our keeper. For "He that keepeth Israel neither slumbereth nor sleepeth;" and, "Except the Lord keep the city, they wake in vain who keep it." He then is our Keeper who is our Creator.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 7 (1888)