I look up to the mountains;

does my strength come from mountains?

No, my strength comes from GOD,

who made heaven, and earth, and mountains.

He won’t let you stumble,

your Guardian God won’t fall asleep.

Not on your life!

Israel’s Guardian will never doze or sleep.

GOD’s your Guardian,

right at your side to protect you—

Shielding you from sunstroke,

sheltering you from moonstroke.

GOD guards you from every evil,

he guards your very life.

He guards you when you leave and when you return,

he guards you now, he guards you always.

PSALM 121

But to deviate from the truth for the sake of some prospect of hope of our own can never be wise, however slight that deviation may be.

It is not our judgement of the situation

which can show us what is wise,

but only the truth of the Word of God.

Here alone lies the promise of God’s faithfulness and help.

It will always be true that the wisest course for the disciple is always to abide solely by the Word of God in all simplicity.

DIETRICH BONHOEFFER