psalm 121 through 124 chiastic structure

Read Psalm 121 through 124 at Bible Gateway.

1a) Psa 121:1-2, I will lift up my eyes to the hills/ My help comes from YHVH who made heaven + earth;

1b) Psa 121:3-8, YHVH seeks Israel’s preservation from this time forth and forever;

1a) Psa 121:3a, He will not allow your foot to be moved;
shim1b) Psa 121:3b, He who keeps you will not slumber;
shim2b) Psa 121:4, Behold, He who keeps Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep;
2a) Psa 121:5-8 {p} YHVH is your keeper + preserve you from all evil from this time forth + forevermore;

1a) Psa 121:5a, YHVH is your keeper;
shim1b) Psa 121:5b, YHVH is your shade at your right hand;
shim2b) Psa 121:6, The sun shall not strike you by day, nor the moon by night;
2a) Psa 121:7-8 {p} YHVH shall preserve you from all evil from this time forth + forevermore;

1c) Psa 122:1, I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go into the house of YHVH;”

1d) Psa 122:2-4, Our feet within your gates, O Jerusalem;

central axis) Psa 122:5, For thrones are set there for judgment, the thrones of the house of David;

2d) Psa 122:6-9, May peace be within Jerusalem + prosperity within her palaces;

2c) Psa 122:9a, Because of the house of YHVH;

2b) Psa 122:9b {p} I will seek Jerusalem’s good;

2a) Psa 123:1-124:8 chiastic structure {p+p} Unto You I lift up my eyes/ Our help is in the name of YHVH who made heaven + earth.