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Sunday, March 20. 2011

From today's Lectionary: The Lord is thy keeper

Psalm 121


1I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.


 2My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth.

 3He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber.

 4Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.

 5The LORD is thy keeper: the LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand.

 6The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.

 7The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul.

 8The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.

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This is one of 2 psalms that Jews say "when the ambulance pulls away" or in other times of crisis/danger. Many people here in Israel know this one by heart, even if they're not very observant.

This opens with the designation "A Pilgrim Song" in the original canon. This translation is good - but the more direct Hebrew original conveys a sense of urgency missing in the "olde" English rendition. for example, verse 3 is:

He won't let your foot slip, your Guardian won't nap.
#1 Ben David on 2011-03-20 06:16 (Reply)
Thank you. And thank you, Ben David, for your response.
#2 Kathryn of Wyoming on 2011-03-20 09:40 (Reply)
There's a nice setting of Psalm 121 in Mac Wilburg's "Requiem."

The cantata is not truly a "requiem" in the Catholic or Anglican liturgical sense, but it is a lovely set of meditations.
#3 LittleRed1 on 2011-03-20 14:37 (Reply)

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