Psalm 121:1 · Salmo 121:1
Alzaré mis ojos a los montes.I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills.
Word by word
- Alzaré
- I will lift up (future of "alzar," to lift)
- mis ojos
- mine eyes
- a los montes
- unto 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 King James 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 cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth.
Word by word
- Mi socorro
- my help ("socorro": help, aid)
- viene de Jehová
- comes from the LORD
- que hizo
- who made
- 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 suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber.
Word by word
- No dará tu pie
- He will not suffer thy foot (literally "He will not give your foot")
- al resbaladero
- to be moved ("resbaladero": a slippery place)
- ni se dormirá
- He will not slumber
- el que te guarda
- He that keepeth thee
Psalm 121:4 · Salmo 121:4
He aquí, no se adormecerá ni dormirá el que guarda a Israel.Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.
Word by word
- He aquí
- behold
- no se adormecerá ni dormirá
- shall neither slumber nor sleep
- el que guarda a Israel
- He who keeps Israel
Psalm 121:5 · Salmo 121:5
Jehová es tu guardador: Jehová es tu sombra a tu mano derecha.The LORD is thy keeper: the LORD is thy shade upon thy 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 shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.
Word by word
- El sol no te fatigará
- the sun shall not smite 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 shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul.
Word by word
- Jehová te guardará
- the LORD shall keep you
- de todo mal
- from all evil
- él guardará tu alma
- He shall keep your soul
Psalm 121:8 · Salmo 121:8
Jehová guardará tu salida y tu entrada, desde ahora y para siempre.The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.
Word by word
- Jehová guardará
- the LORD shall preserve
- tu salida y tu entrada
- thy going out and thy coming in
- desde ahora
- from this time forth
- y para siempre
- and even for evermore
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.