Psalms 121

Which worship songs are based on Psalms 121?

  1. Still Saving Me — Chris McClarney (2009) Psalms 121:1-2

    The closing pairs lifting one's eyes with acknowledging God as the source of help, closely adapting the opening movement of this psalm.

  2. Still — Brian Courtney Wilson (2020) Psalms 121:1-4

    The song identifies the Lord as its source of help and emphasizes that his vigilance continues through every day and night. This closely reflects the psalm’s declaration that Israel’s keeper neither slumbers nor sleeps.

  3. God I Look to You — Bethel Music & Jenn Johnson (2011) Psalms 121:1-2

    The verse closely adapts the psalm's movement from looking upward for help to identifying God as its source.

  4. Help! — Brandon Lake (2022) Psalms 121:1-2

    The bridge closely follows the psalmist's upward gaze and repeated question about the source of help, implicitly locating that help in the Lord.

  5. Shall Not Want — Elevation Worship (2021) Psalms 121:1-2

    The second verse closely restates the psalmist’s act of raising his eyes and identifying the Lord as the source of help.

  6. Still God — Elevation Worship (2018) Psalms 121:1-2

    The chorus closely follows the psalm’s movement of raising one’s eyes and declaring that help comes from God. The combination of these two ideas makes the reference specific rather than merely thematic.

  7. I Know My God — John Waller (2015) Psalms 121:1-2

    The upward gaze, question about the source of help, and later reference to mountains closely reproduce the psalm's opening movement toward confidence in the Lord's help.

  8. Hiding Lord — Jon Guerra (2020) Psalms 121:1

    The opening and closing posture closely reproduces the psalmist’s upward gaze toward the hills and expectation of help from beyond them. The song turns the psalm’s confidence into unresolved waiting.

  9. By The Spirit (Live) — Pat Barrett (2021) Psalms 121:1-2

    The upward gaze and repeated identification of the Lord as the source of help closely reproduce the paired movement of this psalm.

  10. Look to Jesus — Phil Wickham (2021) Psalms 121:1-2

    The chorus closely echoes the psalmist's declaration that the Lord is the source of help.

  11. Fé Para O Impossível — Eli Soares (2024) Psalms 121:1-2

    The opening movement of looking toward a significant place and identifying it as the source of divine help closely follows Psalm 121, while giving that help an explicitly Christian focus in the cross.

  12. Undefeated — KB & Tauren Wells (2017) Psalms 121:1-2

    The upward gaze toward the hills invokes the psalmist’s declaration that help comes from the Lord, with the surrounding language of dependence reinforcing the allusion.

  13. Love Knows No End - Live — Hillsong Worship (2012) Psalms 121:1-2

    The opening pairs an upward gaze with confidence in divine help, closely adapting the movement of this psalm's opening verses.

  14. K.O.C — Sam Purpose (2023) Psalms 121:1-2

    The image of turning toward the hills while trusting the Lord for help closely evokes this pilgrimage psalm, though the song substitutes raised hands for the psalm's lifted eyes.

  15. Midnight Blues - Reimagined — Auraè (2025) Psalms 121:1-2

    The lyrics reference lifting eyes to the hills, which alludes to seeking help and divine assistance, similar to the sentiment expressed in Psalm 121 about looking to the mountains for help.

  16. All My Hope - Live — Hillsong Worship (2012) Psalms 121:1-2

    The movement from lifting the eyes to identifying the Lord as the source of help closely adapts the opening of this psalm.

  17. Highest One (Live) — Thrive Worship & Bryan & Katie Torwalt (2024) Psalms 121:1-2

    The chorus closely follows the psalmist's upward gaze and recognition that help comes from the Lord.

  18. King Of Glory (Live) — Passion (2019) Psalms 121:1-2

    The third verse combines lifting the eyes with identifying one source of help, closely following the opening movement of Psalm 121.

  19. Scars — tobyMac (2018) Psalms 121:1-2

    The repeated direction to raise one's head toward the source of help closely paraphrases the psalmist's upward gaze and recognition that help comes from the Lord.

  20. Psalm 120–121:1 (O Lord, Deliver Me) — Brian Sauvé (2023) Psalms 121:1-5

    The outro follows the psalm’s movement from looking toward the hills and asking about help to affirming that the Creator is the worshiper’s vigilant keeper.

  21. My Only — John Mark McMillan (2010) Psalms 121:1-2

    The pre-chorus closely adapts the psalmist's upward gaze toward the hills and question about the source of help. The chorus answers by identifying God as the singer's sole hope, consistent with the psalm's response.

  22. Be Okay — Lauren Daigle (2023) Psalms 121:1-2

    The bridge closely reproduces the psalmist’s upward gaze toward the hills and identification of the source of help. The distinctive pairing of these ideas makes the reference unmistakable.

  23. from Psalm 121 — Steffany Gretzinger (2025) Psalms 121:1-2

    The song directly quotes the opening lines of Psalm 121, expressing the speaker's reliance on God as the source of help and strength.

  24. My Help (Live) — Josh Baldwin (2024) Psalms 121:1-2

    The chorus directly draws on the psalmist's question about the source of help and the answer that help comes from the Lord.

  25. Just Like God — Evvie McKinney (2020) Psalms 121:1-2

    The singer’s certainty about the source of her help closely echoes the psalmist’s declaration that help comes from the Lord. The surrounding emphasis on timely provision reinforces this dependence on God rather than human resources.

  26. My Prayer For You — Alisa Turner (2017) Psalms 121:1-2

    The bridge directs the sufferer's attention toward the Lord and identifies him as the source of help, closely following this psalm's opening declaration.

  27. My Help - Live — Gateway Worship (2023) Psalms 121:1-2

    The chorus directly adopts the psalm's central declaration identifying the Lord as the source of the worshiper's help.

  28. All My Life — Hillsong Young & Free (2020) Psalms 121:1-2

    The singer's remembrance of the source of divine help closely echoes the psalmist's question and answer about help coming from the Lord.

  29. The Answer — Jeremy Camp (2017) Psalms 121:1-2

    The chorus closely echoes the psalmist's declaration that help comes from the Lord. Its emphasis on knowing both the source and identity of that help is specific to this passage.

  30. By the Spirit — Pat Barrett (2021) Psalms 121:1-2

    The repeated combination of lifting one’s eyes upward, learning the source of help, and declaring that help comes from the Lord closely follows the opening of Psalm 121.

  31. Look Up — Evan Craft (2023) Psalms 121:1-2

    The chorus closely follows the psalm’s movement of lifting one’s gaze, asking where help originates, and identifying that help with the creator of heaven and earth.

  32. Rise Up — Martin Smith (2019) Psalms 121:1-2

    The bridge identifies God as the source of the worshipers’ help, closely echoing the psalmist’s declaration that help comes from the Lord.

  33. Truth I'm Standing On — Leanna Crawford (2020) Psalms 121:1-2

    The bridge closely echoes the psalmist's recognition that help comes from the Lord. Its surrounding language of protection and stability also fits Psalm 121's portrayal of God as an unfailing keeper.

  34. There's a Liftin' Of the Hands — Israel & New Breed (2012) Psalms 121:1-2

    The repeated movement of the eyes toward and beyond the hills, followed by identifying God as the source of help, closely adapts the psalm’s opening. The song applies this declaration directly to Jesus.

  35. Look At God — Rhett Walker (2025) Psalms 121:1-2

    The repeated upward turn toward the source of help closely reproduces the opening movement of Psalm 121, including its emphasis that help comes from the Lord.

  36. I Lift My Eyes — Jesus Culture (2020) Psalms 121:1-2

    The chorus reenacts the psalm's distinctive movement of lifting the gaze toward elevated terrain and then identifying the Lord as Maker as the true source of strength and help.

  37. Keeper of My Heart — Kari Jobe (2014) Psalms 121:1-2

    The song closely adapts the psalm's upward gaze, identification of help with the Creator, and repeated assurance of divine watchfulness. Its opening extends that protection across an entire lifetime, echoing the psalm's enduring promise of preservation.

  38. Power — Lurine Cato (2022) Psalms 121:1-2

    The opening closely follows the psalmist’s upward gaze and identification of the Lord as the source of help.

  39. Free Minds — Sam Purpose (2023) Psalms 121:1-2

    The singer’s act of looking toward the hills for help closely paraphrases the opening declaration of Psalm 121.

  40. You Are With Me — Sandra McCracken (2020) Psalms 121:1-2

    The combination of mountains and deliberately lifting one's eyes closely follows the psalmist's movement from looking toward the hills to recognizing the Lord as the source of help.

  41. See The Light - Radio Version — tobyMac (2020) Psalms 121:1-2

    The bridge directs the listener upward toward the source of divine help, closely echoing the psalmist's upward gaze and question about where help comes from.

  42. MIRACLE WORKER — Forrest Frank (2024) Psalms 121:1-2

    The declaration that help comes exclusively from God closely restates the psalmist’s confession concerning the source of his help.

  43. Glory 2 Glory — KB (2023) Psalms 121:1-2

    KB closely follows the psalm’s movement of looking toward the hills and identifying the source of his help, while contrasting divine help with Beverly Hills and worldly success.

  44. Exalted One — Elevation Worship (2011) Psalms 121:1-2

    The chorus closely adapts the psalm's opening movement of raising one's eyes and identifying God as the source of help. The song explicitly directs this dependence toward Jesus.

  45. The Hill — Travis Greene (2015) Psalms 121:1

    The chorus closely adapts the psalmist's act of directing his eyes toward the hills. The song subsequently redirects this image toward the place of Jesus' crucifixion.

  46. Amaram Onyewem (Live) — Mercy Chinwo & Pastor Jerry Eze (2024) Psalms 121:1-4

    The spoken section closely follows the psalm's movement from looking toward the hills for help to affirming that Israel's keeper neither sleeps nor permits the worshipper's foot to slip.

  47. You're The Lifter - Live — Ricky Dillard & Tamela Mann (2020) Psalms 121:1-2

    The singer's decision to look for help, followed by the declaration that it comes from the Lord who made heaven and earth, unmistakably follows the opening of Psalm 121.

  48. My Help Comes From the Lord — The Museum (2010) Psalms 121:1-2

    The song closely adapts the psalm's upward gaze toward the hills and its declaration that help comes from the Lord who created heaven and earth. Its emphasis on enduring protection also echoes the psalm's closing assurance.

  49. Free — OBED (2025) Psalms 121:1-2

    The singer links fixing his attention on God with recognizing God as the source of his help, closely following the opening movement of Psalm 121.

  50. Always — Rhett Walker (2014) Psalms 121:1-2

    The interlude combines the psalm's upward-directed gaze with its declaration that divine help comes from the Lord. It closely adapts the opening two verses rather than merely expressing general dependence on God.

  51. Horizon (A New Day) - Stereovision Remix — Stereovision & tobyMac & Aaron Cole (2019) Psalms 121:1-2

    The bridge closely invokes the psalmist's upward gaze toward the hills while persevering through difficulty. Its surrounding emphasis on God's dependable help reinforces the passage's identification of the Lord as the true source of aid.

  52. Praying Hands 3 — Ty Brasel (2024) Psalms 121:1-2

    The singer adopts the psalmist’s distinctive action of raising his eyes toward the hills in expectation of divine help and blessing.

  53. Fight on My Knees — Evan Craft (2022) Psalms 121:1-2

    The chorus recalls the psalmist's declaration that divine help comes from the Lord rather than from earthly circumstances or human strength.

  54. Coming Back — Delirious? (2012) Psalms 121:2

    The song uses the psalm’s distinctive designation of God as the creator of both heaven and earth. Its opening appeals for divine rescue also fit the psalm’s identification of God as the source of help.

  55. Without You — Jeremy Camp (2013) Psalms 121:2

    The second verse closely adapts the psalmist's declaration that the Lord is the source of his help.

  56. The Night Song — CityAlight (2025) Psalms 121:3-5

    The song closely follows the psalm's description of God as the believer's keeper whose vigilance never ceases. Its emphasis on God's continual presence and protection reinforces the same passage.

  57. Broken People — Israel & New Breed (2021) Psalms 121:3-4

    The song directly invokes the psalm's distinctive description of God as the vigilant keeper who neither sleeps nor slumbers.

  58. He Never Sleeps — Don Moen (2015) Psalms 121:3-4

    The chorus closely adapts the psalm’s assurance that Israel’s keeper neither slumbers nor sleeps, applying God's uninterrupted vigilance to the listener’s anxiety about unanswered prayer.

  59. Show Me Your Heart — Hillsong UNITED (2022) Psalms 121:3-4

    The opening verse closely echoes the psalm’s description of God as the vigilant guardian who watches over His people without sleeping or slumbering.

  60. Timepiece — Lecrae (2014) Psalms 121:3-4

    The first verse closely adapts the psalm's declaration that Israel's guardian neither slumbers nor sleeps. This directly counters the hook's imagined absence of divine attention.

  61. I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day — Casting Crowns (2008) Psalms 121:4

    The bridge’s explicit denial that God sleeps closely adapts the psalm’s assurance that Israel’s keeper neither slumbers nor sleeps. This supports the song’s renewed confidence in God's continuing attentiveness amid suffering.

  62. He Will Answer — Byron Cage (2009) Psalms 121:4

    The description of God as neither sleeping nor slumbering closely reproduces this verse's distinctive assurance of constant divine vigilance.

  63. Darkest Valley — Group 1 Crew (2012) Psalms 121:4

    Blanca describes her divine Father as perpetually awake, closely adapting the psalm's assurance that Israel's guardian neither slumbers nor sleeps.

  64. I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day — The Civil Wars (2012) Psalms 121:4

    The final stanza’s assurance that God does not sleep closely echoes the psalm’s description of Israel’s ever-wakeful keeper. The song uses that assurance to reject the conclusion that suffering means divine inattention.

  65. Imela — Mercy Chinwo (2023) Psalms 121:4

    The description of God as one who does not sleep or slumber directly echoes the psalmist’s declaration about Israel’s keeper.

  66. He Never Sleeps — Don Moen (2025) Psalms 121:4

    The imagery of God never sleeping or slumbering echoes the assurance found in Psalm 121, which emphasizes God's constant vigilance and protection over His people.

  67. Ungukuphila — Xolly Mncwango (2020) Psalms 121:4

    The declaration that God neither sleeps nor slumbers closely reproduces the psalm's distinctive description of Israel's ever-watchful keeper.

  68. Find Rest — Francesca Battistelli (2014) Psalms 121:4

    The opening closely adapts the psalm's declaration that Israel's guardian neither slumbers nor sleeps. God's uninterrupted watchfulness supplies the basis for the song's reassurance.

  69. Land of Delusion — ApologetiX (2010) Psalms 121:4

    The assertion that God never sleeps closely paraphrases the psalm's description of Israel's ever-watchful guardian. The song applies that vigilance to God's awareness of evil and eventual judgment.

  70. No Good Thing/Psalm 84 — Kieran the Light & KRL & Don Jay Live (2024) Psalms 121:5

    The description of the Lord as keeper and protective shade, accompanied by an attempted citation of the verse, unmistakably references Psalm 121:5.

  71. EL NO TE HA DEJADO — Alex Zurdo (2025) Psalms 121:8

    The song closely restates the psalm’s assurance that God guards a person’s departures and arrivals.

Psalms 121 (King James Version)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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