To the Hills I Lift Mine Eyes

To the hills I lift mine eyes;
Whence shall help for me arise?
From the Lord shall come mine aid,
Who the Heav’n and earth has made.
He will guide through dangers all,
Will not suffer thee to fall;
He Who safe His people keeps
Slumbers not and never sleeps.

Thy Protector is the Lord,
Shade for thee He will afford;
Neither sun nor moon shall smite,
God shall guard by day and night.
He will ever keep thy soul,
What would harm He will control;
In the home and by the way
He will keep thee day by day.

Author: Unknown

This is a metrical paraphrase of Psalm 121. The English text closely follows older Psalters but appears in a modernized form; no specific author is credited in common hymnals. It is sometimes attributed to the Scottish Psalter tradition or to versifiers such as Francis Rous, but the exact wording does not match any single well-known writer, so 'Unknown' is safest.