He will not rest...

I go back and forth with what music I like the best and listen to every time I am in the car. Right now it is "Please don't make us sing this song" a collection of various artists singing alt-folk/pop songs based on the Psalms. My very favorite is one by Christena Graves called He Will Not Rest. This song is taken from Psalm 121, a song of ascents, which 'they' say means that there is reference to a procession in which worshipers marched to Jerusalem and sang the psalms as they marched...here are the lyrics.

When I look up

To the vast sides of the mountain

I know that my Creator

Will send the help I need

He will hold me

Firmly in the place I need to be

Never let his eyes leave me for a moment

He will not rest

He will not let me go

He will not rest

He will not let me go

When I look up

To the vast sides of the mountain

We know that our Creator

Will send the help we need

He will hold us

Firmly in the place we need to be

Never let His eyes leave us for a moment

He will not rest

He will not let us go

He will not rest

He will not let us go

The Lord keeps you so close

that his shadow is cooling shade to you

He'll keep your soul safe

From the first breath

to the last breath that you breathe

He will not rest

He will not let us go

He will not rest

He will not let us go