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Psalm 120 (121) Brenton's Greek Septuagint

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  • OT: Septuagint (Greek)
  • Septuagint Old Testament (no New Testament)
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Audio: World English Bible (WEB), read by Winfred W. Henson · Psalm 121 · About the recordings

Notes on this text (2)

Psalm 120 in LXX = Psalm 121 in RV1909, WEB.

LXX Brenton's Greek Septuagint
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
1 Ὠδὴ τῶν ἀναβαθμῶν. Ἦρα τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς μου εἰς τὰ ὄρη, ὅθεν ἥξει ἡ βοήθειά μου.
121:1 Cántico gradual. ALZARÉ mis ojos á los montes, de donde vendrá mi socorro.
121:1 A Song of Ascents. I will lift up my eyes to the hills. Where does my help come from?
2 Ἡ βοήθειά μου παρὰ Κυρίου τοῦ ποιήσαντος τὸν οὐρανὸν καὶ τὴν γῆν.
121:2 Mi socorro [viene] de Jehová, que hizo los cielos y la tierra.
121:2 My help comes from Yahweh, who made heaven and earth.
3 Μὴ δῴης εἰς σάλον τὸν πόδα σου, μηδὲ νυστάξῃ ὁ φυλάσσων σε.
121:3 No dará tu pie al resbaladero; ni se dormirá el que te guarda.
121:3 He will not allow your foot to be moved. He who keeps you will not slumber.
4 Ἰδοὺ οὐ νυστάξει οὐδὲ ὑπνώσει ὁ φυλάσσων τὸν Ἰσραήλ.
121:4 He aquí, no se adormecerá ni dormirá el que guarda á Israel.
121:4 Behold, he who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.
5 Κύριος φυλάξει σε, Κύριος σκέπη σου ἐπὶ χεῖρα δεξιάν σου.
121:5 Jehová es tu guardador: Jehová es tu sombra á tu mano derecha.
121:5 Yahweh is your keeper. Yahweh is your shade on your right hand.
6 Ἡμέρας ὁ ἥλιος οὐ συγκαύσει σε, οὐδὲ ἡ σελήνη τὴν νύκτα.
121:6 El sol no te fatigará de día, ni la luna de noche.
121:6 The sun will not harm you by day, nor the moon by night.
7 Κύριος φυλάξαι σε ἀπὸ παντὸς κακοῦ, φυλάξει τὴν ψυχήν σου ὁ Κύριος.
121:7 Jehová te guardará de todo mal: él guardará tu alma.
121:7 Yahweh will keep you from all evil. He will keep your soul.
8 Κύριος φυλάξει τὴν εἴσοδόν σου, καὶ τὴν ἔξοδόν σου, ἀπὸ τοῦ νῦν καὶ ἕως τοῦ αἰῶνος.
121:8 Jehová guardará tu salida y tu entrada, desde ahora y para siempre.
121:8 Yahweh will keep your going out and your coming in, from this time forward, and forever more.
Cross references (8)

Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info. References use English (Hebrew-based) verse numbers; links open the passage in LXX.

  1. 1 Psalm 120:1; Psalm 123:1; Jeremiah 3:23; Isaiah 2:3; Psalm 2:6
  2. 2 Isaiah 41:13; Psalm 124:8; Hebrews 13:6; Isaiah 40:28–29; Psalm 146:5–6
  3. 3 Proverbs 3:26; Proverbs 3:23; 1 Samuel 2:9; Psalm 91:12; Psalm 66:9
  4. 4 Psalm 127:1; Isaiah 27:3; Psalm 32:7–8; 1 Kings 18:27; Ecclesiastes 8:16
  5. 5 Isaiah 25:4; Psalm 91:1; Exodus 13:21; Psalm 16:8; Isaiah 4:5–6
  6. 6 Revelation 7:16; Isaiah 49:10; Psalm 91:5–10; Jonah 4:8
  7. 7 2 Timothy 4:18; Psalm 91:9–12; Psalm 41:2; Proverbs 12:21; Psalm 145:20
  8. 8 Deuteronomy 28:6; Proverbs 2:8; Proverbs 3:6; Psalm 113:2; Ezra 8:31

Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences

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). Verse numbers below follow the Hebrew/English numbering: 121.

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).

  1. Commentary Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms (Psalm CXX)

    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)

  2. Quotes verse 121:4 Augustine of Hippo, Confessions (Book X, Chapters XXXII–XXXIV)

    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)

  3. Quotes verse 121:3 John Chrysostom, Homilies on Hebrews (Homily XII)

    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)

  4. Quotes verse 121:4 Augustine of Hippo, Sermons on Selected Lessons of the New Testament (Sermon LV)

    "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)

  5. Quotes verse 121:4 Augustine of Hippo, Tractates on the Gospel of John (Chapter VIII — 48-59)

    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)