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The One Who Never Looks Away.

Q: What Does the Bible Say About Nightmares?

Nebuchadnezzar had nightmares from God. Job had them from suffering. The Bible takes disturbing dreams seriously.

Psalms 121 — A traveler looks up and finds the only help that never fails

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The word "keep" appears three times in the final two verses, hammering one point: every departure and every return is covered, from now into forever.
Eight verses, no conditions, no fine print — the most concentrated promise of protection anywhere in Scripture.

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📢 Chapter 121 — The One Who Never Looks Away 🏔️

One of the "" — that Jewish pilgrims sang while traveling up to for the great festivals. The road was long, exposed, and dangerous. Somewhere on that road, a traveler looked up at the hills and asked the most honest question a person can ask. What followed is one of the shortest of protection in . Eight verses. No conditions. No fine print.

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Where Does My Help Come From? 🏔️

The opens with a traveler on the road, eyes lifting toward the hills.

"I lift my eyes to the hills — where does my help come from?

My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth."

No hesitation. The one who built everything I'm looking at — that's my help.

He Doesn't Sleep 🌙

shifts from distant subject to direct protector — like a companion leaning over and saying, "let me tell you about the one you just called on."

"He won't let your foot slip. The one who watches over you won't fall asleep.

The one who watches over Israel will never drowse, never sleep."

Every person in your eventually sleeps, gets distracted, gets overwhelmed. But this God doesn't have an off switch. No gap in coverage.

The word "slumber" appears twice, then gets paired with "sleep" — layering the point.

Shade on Your Right Hand ☀️

The moves from watching over to something much closer:

"The Lord is your keeper. The Lord is your shade at your right hand.

The sun won't strike you by day, nor the moon by night."

"Shade at your right hand" means he's close enough to touch — right there, walking the road with you. The mention of the moon reflects an ancient belief that moonlight could cause harm.

Every Exit, Every Entrance 🚪

The closes with a so sweeping it takes your breath away:

"The Lord will keep you from all evil. He will keep your life.

The Lord will keep your going out and your coming in, from this moment on and forevermore."

Every departure. Every return. He's there for the leaving and the arriving — not just today, but forevermore.

The verb "shamar" — translated "keep" — appears six times across these eight verses. The entire poem is a single, sustained on divine protection — and the quiet promise that the one who made everything never looks away.

One footnote added to the "Where Does My Help Come From?" section — traveler[*](#footnote:...) — drawing on the Deuteronomy 16:16 pilgrimage requirement and the elevation data for the Jerusalem ascent. This fills the zero-footnote gap in that section while adding a historical/cultural context note (category 5), balancing the existing mix of Hebrew etymology (hills, slumber, shamar) and ancient Near Eastern background (moon). All five sections now carry at least one footnote, no existing tags were modified, and no footnotes touch headings, blockquotes, or existing tag interiors.