The Bible in Basic English BBE
Orthodox Jewish Bible OJB
1 <A Song of the going up.> My eyes are lifted up to the hills: O where will my help come from?
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21 (Shir HaMa’alot) I will lift up mine eyes unto the harim (hills), from whence cometh ezri (my help).
2 Your help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth.
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Ezri (my help) cometh from Hashem, Oseh Shomayim v’Aretz.
3 May he not let your foot be moved: no need of sleep has he who keeps you.
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He will not allow thy regel to slip; He that is shomer over thee will not slumber.
4 See, the eyes of Israel's keeper will not be shut in sleep.
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Hinei, He that is shomer over Yisroel shall neither slumber nor sleep.
5 The Lord is your keeper; the Lord is your shade on your right hand.
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Hashem is the One shomer over thee; Hashem is thy shade upon thy right hand.
6 You will not be touched by the sun in the day, or by the moon at night.
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The shemesh shall not strike thee by day, nor the yarei’ach by night.
7 The Lord will keep you safe from all evil; he will take care of your soul.
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Hashem shall preserve thee from kol rah; He shall preserve thy nefesh.
8 The Lord will keep watch over your going out and your coming in, from this time and for ever.
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Hashem shall be shomer over thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even v’ad olam.
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