Psalm 121:1 · Salmo 121:1
Alzaré mis ojos a los montes.I lift up my eyes to the hills.
Word by word
- Alzaré
- I lift up (future of "alzar," to lift)
- mis ojos
- my eyes
- a los montes
- to the hills (literally "to the mountains")
Psalm 121 in Spanish (Salmo 121)
The Traveler's Psalm: eight verses pilgrims prayed on the road to Jerusalem, and believers still pray over every journey. "I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills."
Here is the whole psalm in the Reina-Valera, verse by verse with the English, each verse read aloud by a real voice.
Psalm 121:2 · Salmo 121:2
Mi socorro viene de Jehová, que hizo los cielos y la tierra.My help comes from the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth.
Word by word
- Mi socorro
- my help ("socorro": help, aid)
- viene de Jehová
- comes from the LORD
- que hizo
- who made (the Berean makes it a title: "the Maker of")
- los cielos y la tierra
- heaven and earth
Psalm 121:3 · Salmo 121:3
No dará tu pie al resbaladero; ni se dormirá el que te guarda.He will not allow your foot to slip; your Protector will not slumber.
Word by word
- No dará tu pie
- He will not allow your foot (literally "He will not give your foot")
- al resbaladero
- to slip ("resbaladero": a slippery place)
- ni se dormirá
- He will not slumber
- el que te guarda
- the one who guards you (the Berean makes it a title: "your Protector")
Psalm 121:4 · Salmo 121:4
He aquí, no se adormecerá ni dormirá el que guarda a Israel.Behold, the Protector of Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.
Word by word
- He aquí
- behold
- no se adormecerá ni dormirá
- will neither slumber nor sleep
- el que guarda a Israel
- the one who guards Israel (the Berean: "the Protector of Israel")
Psalm 121:5 · Salmo 121:5
Jehová es tu guardador: Jehová es tu sombra a tu mano derecha.The LORD is your keeper; the LORD is the shade on your right hand.
Word by word
- Jehová es tu guardador
- the LORD is your keeper
- Jehová es tu sombra
- the LORD is your shade
- a tu mano derecha
- at your right hand
Psalm 121:6 · Salmo 121:6
El sol no te fatigará de día, ni la luna de noche.The sun will not strike you by day, nor the moon by night.
Word by word
- El sol no te fatigará
- the sun will not strike you ("fatigar": to wear down)
- de día
- by day
- ni la luna
- nor the moon
- de noche
- by night
Psalm 121:7 · Salmo 121:7
Jehová te guardará de todo mal: él guardará tu alma.The LORD will guard you from all evil; He will preserve your soul.
Word by word
- Jehová te guardará
- the LORD will guard you
- de todo mal
- from all evil
- él guardará tu alma
- He will preserve your soul
Psalm 121:8 · Salmo 121:8
Jehová guardará tu salida y tu entrada, desde ahora y para siempre.The LORD will watch over your coming and going, both now and forevermore.
Word by word
- Jehová guardará
- the LORD will watch over
- tu salida y tu entrada
- your coming and going
- desde ahora
- from now on
- y para siempre
- and forevermore
How to pronounce it
- alzaré: ahl-sah-REH. "I will lift up." Future tense, stress on the last syllable.
- socorro: soh-KOH-rroh. "Help." Roll the double r if you can.
- guardará: gwahr-dah-RAH. "Shall preserve, shall keep." You will hear it five times in this psalm.
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"Alzaré mis ojos a los montes": I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills. That is Salmo 121:1 in the Reina-Valera.