{A song of the stairs} I lift up mine eyes unto the hills; from whence cometh my help?

He will not suffer thy foot to be moved, and he that keepeth thee will not sleep.

My help cometh even from the LORD which hath made heaven and earth.

The LORD preserveth thee from all evil; yea, it is the LORD that keepeth thy soul.

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

The LORD himself is thy keeper; the LORD is thy defense upon thy righthand,

The LORD preserveth thy going out and thy coming in, from this time forth for evermore.

so that the sun shall not burn thee by day, neither the moon by night.