Five kinds of psalms include praise, wisdom, royal, thanksgiving, and lament. He will not suffer thy v1 When I look up to the hills I find no help there. But if God be ableas he isto impart that same and even greater inward happiness, peace, and joy by other means, and does so, as, blessed be his Name! So, we probably did not misunderstand those verses. Psalm 121:7 (RSV) God takes eternity into view; we think only of the present. protects you ~ stops people hurting or killing you . "He that keepeth thee will not slumber." I will lift up mine eyes--expresses desire (compare Psalms 25:1 ), mingled with expectation. Psalms 121:8. Hence God may preserve a man's soul when he lets his outward affairs go all to ruin; for the sake of his soul this may be needed. Psalm 121:7 (TMB) The LORD will keep you from every kind of harm. 1. Enthronement Psalms. A man may be overpowered with sleep, and be physically unable to resist its advances. He alone has both the power and the will to assist me. This appears to be a prayer of the Jews in their captivity, who are solicitous for their restoration. If Yahweh had not been my help, my soul would soon have lived in the land of silence. The psalm may be understood literally, as a prayer of the persecuted who has taken refuge in the temple, or figuratively, of one who has taken refuge in God. "All evil." Psalm 121:5-6. 30:30); and such a foot Joseph had wherever he went, ( Or, we must lift up our eyes above the hills; we must look to God who makes all earthly things to us what they are. you" means "stop somebody hurting you". A As they travelled along, they set their faces towards the Jerusalem hills, and as they advanced, they sang together the many Songs of Ascent: "I lift my eyes toward the mountains. v2 My help comes from the *LORD. For those olden days were not days of settled law and order, in which life and property were secure, and evil-doers could scarce hope to escape punishment. Psalms 121:7 The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil; or, "keep thee." Clearly it is but a poetical way of saying, that the defense and guidance and benediction of Jehovah shall rest on the godly man in all the actions and relations of his everyday life. 7The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. We can count on the constancy of his care. His salvation is not so limited, lie saves the whole man, and bears as real a relation to man's temporal as to his spiritual needs. The one prominent word in the psalm is "keep:" the whole psalm is about the Lord God's sure keeping of his people, and that this might be impressed on the mind, the writer six times over in the last five verses of the psalm repeats this word "keep." What does this verse really mean? The last clause, read as a question, is answered. God watches over your life from He *guards you from dangers that you know about. But we can see him only from the heights of the soul. This is the same Psalms 121. A Song of degrees. 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. Copyright 2023, Bible Study Tools. From this time forth, and even forevermore; i.e. Mr. Martin says, "Of the effects of the moon on animal life very many instances could be cited. Otherwise they are of no good at all, any more than the strains of sweetest music are to the deaf, or the most beautiful scenery to the blind. It is the inward happiness and peace and joy which these things impart which gives them their value. TO THE MORNING AND EVENING OF LIFE. Tehillim 121:7 (OJB) The mariner, heedlessly sleeping on deck, becomes afflicted with nyctolopia, or night-blindness; at times the face is hideously swollen, if exposed during sleep to the moon's rays; the maniac's paroxysms are renewed with fearful vigor at the full and change, and the cold, damp chill of the ague supervenes on the ascendency of this apparently mild yet powerful luminary. His sleepless vigilance is added. The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. Look up and listen, and again the voices of the hills will say, "The mists and the storms are all outside us; they are not us." Buchanan, writing with the Cuchullin hills all about him, says. THE MOON IS THE TYPE OF THE SECRET PERILS OF THE GODLY LIFE. What, then, would be any man's hope of preserving moral health and safety, if we might not cherish the assurance of the psalmist, that God understands all secret perils that gather about us, and will not let the moon smite us by night? 3. Psalm 121:7 (NCV) God will keep him then. The Lord will protect you from all danger; he will keep you safe. The world-thoughts abide with us, and even when the sabbath day brings God and heaven near, we find it very hard to get our eyes lifted up. God knows, and can help him to defend himself from the peril. And if we truly desire it, the Lord will keep our going out and our coming in, in this sense also. But the very force he puts into life may unduly magnify self; and it is much more to say that God will keep him from ensnaring self. Certainties; duties, difficulties, vexations, trials, temptations, opportunities. Please enter your email address associated with your Salem All-Pass account, then click Continue. The sun strikes openly, and is especially perilous when it strikes on the lower part of the back of the head. Old Testament. The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore. Amazing Promises. Much of self, of man, and of things. Disease, accident, death, the overwhelming by earthquakes, lightning, flood, storm; by the ferocity or the folly of men, and by any of the ten thousand ills which flesh is heir to. "Not let your foot slip" (verse 3) means "not let you He is able and willing to make "all grace abound" unto "all-sufficiency." 2017 QuotesCosmos Home About Privacy Terms Principles Sitemap Contact. He will keep your soul. I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. Jehovah preserveth thee from all evil, He doth preserve thy soul. In the meantime let us hold fast to His word of truth and trust in the unchangeable and unchanging character of our good and faithful God. 10 million Ukrainians without power because of Russia. The moral possibilities that are in all events. F26; and so one that, wherever he comes Let us be found in our work, assured that the blessings promised in this psalm are ours. The Lord will keep you safe from all evil; he will take care of your soul. Words in brackets, ( ), are The words "slumber" and "sleep" are not climactic. THE CREATOR OF THE UNIVERSE IS THE PROVIDENCE OF THIS WORLD. travelling; in all affairs, civil and religious; and not only The Lord God's seeing includes what is by man seeable and by man unseeable; it includes what is and what is to be. so long as thou hast "goings out" and "comings in." The restored exiles may well gain and keep full confidence in God, seeing that he had kept their national life through such anxious and imperiling times. With him is all power. We'll send you an email with steps on how to reset your password. And they do good because, at bottom, they are lovers of good. Psalms 121:7. Praise to God for His gracious acts. you when you go out. The band of pilgrims who set out from Babylon to return to their native land and to re-establish the worship of God were a special and a holy company, and God did keep them as they journeyed on along the weary wilderness-ways. The Psalms offer an important message to those who long for sleep in the midst of lifes anxious times. fall". Under this shade they may sit with delight and assurance. Genesis; Exodus; Leviticus; Numbers; Deuteronomy; In quite an instinctive way men in all ages and in every land have inclined to build their altars on high hills, as if thus they did get nearer God. Psalm 121 is a treasure of promise for the suffering believer, whose help comes from the Lord (verse 2). Follow either of the two large buttons below to see these verses in their broader context of the King James Bible or a Bible concordance. This same God is the One from Whom our help comes. The pillar-cloud of the Divine presence was always there, night and day; and never anything could happen to Israel that was not divinely permitted. So, verse 1 begins with the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet. Psalm 122. Coming to the House of the LORD and the City of God. Psalm 122 carries the title A Song of Ascents. Of David. It is one of the four Songs of Ascents that is specifically attributed to King David. He wrote it both for what Jerusalem was in his day, and for what it would become under his son and their successors. IV. Why is it good and pleasant for Gods people to be united (Psalm 133:1)? (Psalms 121:1-8) The Guardian of Gods People (Psalms 121:1-8) God the Help of Those Who Seek Him (Psalms 121:1-8) The Since the colonial era, abolitionist writers turned to Psalm 121 as proof of Gods protection for enslaved people. there. Illustrations may be taken from the wilderness-journey of Israel. I. He will attend us to the close of life (Psalms 121:8). There are luxuries, listlessnesses, selfishnesses, of our very resting-times; rod we need God for our coming in lest the self or self-indulgence should gain undue power over us.R.T. Yahweh will keep you from all evil. The Targum is. Psalm 121:7 (WYC) nor the moon by night--poetically represents the dangers of the night, over which the moon presides ( Genesis 1:16 ). He will keep your soul. People that robbed you hid in the Thanksgiving Psalms. He is a wakeful, watchful Keeper; he is never weary; he not only does not sleep, but he does not so much as slumber. It sounds from the bright bands of the morning, from the high silver-tinted clouds of noonday, from the splendor and glory of the far-off sunset, from the lofty trees and the hill-tops, and the soaring birds of song, and the winds that roam free, and the "jewel-powdered skies" of night. But there was someone to send help: the *LORD! Psalm 121:7-8 The Lord will keep you from all harm he will watch over your life; the Lord will watch over your coming and going both now and forevermore. one that *guards you from all danger. Psalms 121:3. Psalm 121:7 (MSG) I. WORLD-DRAWN, WE LOOK DOWN, AND SO ARE WEAK. Taking the first idea, it may be shown that God's care of our natural life involves and includes all due provision for the thousandfold needs of that life. Domestic woman is world-absorbed. Not for one small moment will he forget us; day and night we shall be the objects of his watchful love. Home | About | Contact | Copyright | Privacy | Cookie Policy | Terms & Conditions | Sitemap. The one that *guards you will not sleep. OUR IDEA OF BEING KEPT AND GOD'S IDEA MAY BE VERY DIFFERENT. Psalm 121:7 (HNV) "Shall neither slumber nor sleep." Informal to take unlawfully or dishonourably; steal. Look again at what we read in verse 2. Copyright 2002-2023 Got Questions Ministries. We are not required to ascend the mountainous track to Jerusalem, thrice yearly to plead for forgiveness and mercy, for we have the Spirit of God residing forever in our hearts and by the sacrifice of Christ's blood, we have access into the holy throne-room of God every moment of the day. 2. by avowing God to be the helper, of whose ability His creative power is a pledge ( Psalms 115:15 ), to which. Psalms 121:8. God's people are, after all, the happiest people under the sun. Psalms 121:8 The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in (comp. The Lord will protect you from all dangers; he will guard your life. 1. Behold, He who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.. Hence blessed are they who are in God's holy keeping in all the goings out and comings in of daily life! about it; in all ways, works, and conversation; in journeying and II. GOD SEES WHAT MAN MISSES. Our soul is kept from the dominion of sin, the infection of error, the crush of despondency, the puffing up of pridekept from the world, the flesh, and the devil; kept for holier and greater things, kept in the love of God, kept unto the eternal kingdom and glory." "*Guard you" means "stop people hurting you". After Gods people returned from the Babylonian captivity they were suffering new afflictions. The sun shall not smite by day, nor the moon by night; "the Lord will preserve us from all evil" (Psalms 121:6, Psalms 121:7). Is it Jesus or Yeshua? The influence of the world begets a downward look, a sort of set of the eyes and heart downwards. God guards you from every evil, he guards your very life. It referred to Israel's journeyings from Babylon to Judah, or from wherever their abode might be, up to the great festivals. Psalm 121 The God Who Keeps and Helps. The Lord himself shall see to if, whether during the heat of the day or the chill of the night, it matters not. An EasyEnglish Translation with Notes (about 1200 word This psalm gives us a picture of a Christian pilgrim with a deep longing for God finding the greatest blessedness in his journey being the worship of the Lord. The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. Little slips into inexactness or untruthfulness. The one duty of the watchman is to keep ever, through his watching-time, awake and alert. heaven ~ here it means "the sky and all the 6-8. ", I. John Calvin summarizes the message of Psalm 85 as follows. The one that *guards Israel will never sleep. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. A thousand things in common life, that seem to have no more Power of mischief in them than have the moonbeams. The theme of Psalm 121 is God's care of His people. Mountains have a peculiar power to solemnize and to impress us all; and precisely what they bring to us is that sense of God which assures of his love, and help, and lead.R.T. "which is omnipotent.". Far from the busy crowd. They are but God's instruments for our good. Psalm 121 was sung by the ancient Israelites as they made the long journey to Jerusalem. Believe it. He must receive the Holy Ghost, have the heavens opened unto him, and know God, and then sin against him. foot", (See Gill on Genesis Were on a mission to change that. But everything the world presents to us is below us, beneath us; and it so keeps us looking down that the habit of down-looking grows upon us, and we are almost unable to look up. 5. Might stood for right, and hence the "going out and coming in" of Israel in those days was ever attended with much peril. But he is promising that, amidst seas of adversity, the elect will remain upheld, not because of their own doing, but because of the preserving hand of God. Psalm 121:7 (CJB) Look up, and grow strong. We will not do that, but we will reply, I. your foot *slide. It has been remarked by a learned Bible scholar that part of the common complaints which are often brought against our English Bible is really owing to the likes and dislikes as to the usage of words in which we English people allow ourselves. The voice calls continually, "Lift up your heads, for your redemption draweth nigh!". He will keep your soul. II. And in the New Jerusalem, one of its sweetest promises was that its people should "go no more out forever." We must see all our help in God; from him we must expect it, in his own way and time. good or prosperous foot. The Word of the Lord, as the Targum. By his wise upholdings: "Will not suffer thy foot to be moved." The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil; or, "keep thee." Deu 28:6; 1 Samuel 29:6; hills (verse 1). From whence cometh my help. 1 I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills : from whence cometh my help. 1. It has been proved, beyond a doubt, that the moon smites as well as the sun, causing blindness for a time, and even the distortion of the features. The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. He Slang to arrest. The greater includes the less. It is only as man's spiritual nature is quickened that moral evil, as distinct from moral calamity, is apprehended. *guard you also! THE PROMISE IS NOT FOR EVERY COMMUNITY, BUT FOR THE PEOPLE OF GOD. Yet at the best no absolute security can be placed in any human watchman. This comes out plainly in Perowne's rendering, "Whence should my help come? We ask the question: who is 'the LORD'? More insights from your Bible study - Get Started with Logos Bible Software for Free! THE SUN IS THE TYPE OF THE OPEN PERILS OF THE GODLY LIFE. "The darkness and the light are both alike to him."R.T. (Psalms 121:3-6.) This is the second of the series of psalms which are titled A Song of Ascents. The hurry and bustle of thousands who are hasting to be rich. He will guard us from all forms of evil. If we could just lift up our eyes to hills and to the heavens beyond, we would catch a glimpse of the powerful God who created all of this vast universe. God does not sleephis vigilance is unceasing (comp. But: 1. the *LORD. v4 It is certain that he will not sleep. It is not that he expects help from the mountainshis hope is fixed on him who made the mountains. THE INSUFFICIENCY OF HUMAN HELP. Psalms 121:8 The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore. Psalms 121:2. Checking. THE MOUNTAINS CAN DIRECT US WHERE TO FIND HELP AND SAFETY. But the man does not know the peril of his physical condition. God has made our journeyings safe by means of what we call the inventions of science and the resources of civilization. As there are poison-germs in the natural atmosphere, which generate disease in us when our vitality and resisting power are low, so there are poison-germs in the moral atmosphere of our everyday associations, which only cultured spiritual life can enable us to resist. And he *guards you when you come in. Evil takes many forms; it comes to us in every guise. We must not only look around, but above, must "lift up our eyes to the hills, from whence cometh our help," for our "help cometh from the Lord" (Psalms 121:1, Psalms 121:2). God will not allow any evil to approach him, so as to do him hurt. "The redeemed of the Lord shall come with joy and singing," etc. Hashem shall preserve thee from kol rah; He shall preserve thy nefesh. It is the steadfast love of the Lord 2. Psalm 121:7, NASB: The LORD will protect you from all evil; He will keep your soul. Men know this, and are duly warned to take all precautions. AS APPLYING TO THE WHOLE OF OUR ACTIVE LIFE. Psalm 121:7 (DBY) THE GREATNESS OF OUR NEED. Psalm 121:1-2 I lift up my eyes to the mountains where does my help come from? GOD-DRAWN, WE LOOK UP, AND SO GROW STRONG. Variations of the Hebrew root word for "keep" appear in verses 3, 4, 5, 7, and 8. What does Psalms 121:7-8 mean? There God had "promised his blessing, even life forevermore" (Psalms 133:3). "Keep thy heart with all keepings, for out of it are the issues of life."R.T. The story of Psalm 121 is in the note on Psalm 120. He made the *heaven and the earth. Psalm 121:7 (CEB) He dwelt in the mountain-group of Zion at Jerusalem, and in the other mountains of Israel. The notes explain some of the words with a *star by them. 39:23 ) . Psalm 121 is categorized as one of the Songs of Ascent sung by pilgrims traveling to Jerusalem. He then proceeds to cheer himself with assurances of God's sleepless care and protection. What does it mean that my help comes from the Lord (Psalm 121:2)? "Man goeth forth to his work and to his labor until the evening;" then he cometh in for rest. is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. But the encouraging this is that God is here to help you through your challenges. Psalm 121:7, KJV: The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. Now in the three former verses out of these five our version adheres to the word "keep," but in the last two it changes over to the less forcible word "preserve." New American Standard Bible Chapter Parallel Psalm 121:7 (NAS) The LORD will protect you from all evil; He Sorrow has its snares, and so has joy. And this assurance carried with it the confidence that God's defense and blessing were still upon the restored nation. I lift up my eyes to the hills where does my help come from? The Being who framed man's wonderful nature would naturally provide for its great wantsthe wants he had himself created. In silence God doth speak.". that sustains. preserve, but prosper in all, ( Psalms 1:3 ) ; the Lord Hence whilst the idea of "going out" suggested only what was sad, that of "coming in," the return from exile, was full of joy. 1. The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil; He shall preserve thy soul. *LORD is a special name for God. And when some terrible catastrophe occurs, as from time to time is the case, still, if we be of God's Israel, we are kept: "He shall preserve thy soul." Clarke's Commentary. This psalm teaches us to comfort ourselves in the Lord, when difficulties and dangers are greatest. The one peril of the night-watchman is that he might be overcome with sleep. I will lift up my eyes to the mountains; From where shall my help come? He fled to the mountains; but God preserved him, not the mountain. 2 My help cometh from the LORD : who hath made heaven and earth. Taking the second idea, we come upon God's continued interest in, and care for, the new life he has quickened in our souls. Psalm 121:7 (GW) The LORD guards you from every evil. "The Lord shall preserve thy going out." The peoples voice in the psalm cries to God for deliverance on three counts. III. Indeed, the Hebrew word for "slumber" is the stronger term of the two. Disaster, disease, disappointment, defeat, occupy man's thoughts, and are, properly enough, from his point of view, classed as evils. There is no more in the setting of the two terms than poetical repetition. We have sometimes to face the future, and then we confront: 1. The sure confidence we have today that we will remain with God tomorrow is God himself. (Psalms 121:2.) LORD ~ the covenant name for God (in a covenant you agree Words in boxes are from the Bible. Where will my help come from? He does not faint or grow weary (Isaiah 40:28). Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. The psalmist is not promising the absence of pain or even failure. I. There have been and there are exceptions, but taking the history of God's people in all ages, and looking at their average experience, may we not cryIt is well with the righteous; the Lord is their Keeper? For example, if you are a student, you might be having a difficult time with your parents, friends, or teachers right now. The sun strikes the man who is in a physical condition to receive the stroke. 5. upon thy right hand--a protector's place ( Psalms 109:31 , 110:5 ). Which Is More Stable Thiophene Or Pyridine? Most modern critics regard this clause as interrogative, and translate, "Whence is it that my help shall come?" They knew their strength and their help. I. In the cloudless skies of the East, where the moon shines with such exceeding clearness, its effects upon the human frame have been found most injurious. One thing about them is suggested by our textthey make us look up. Makes what he sees the ground of his prompt and gracious action in their behalf. They cannot render us all the help we need. Why are there different names for Jesus? God has often refreshed his fainting servants with the sight of his everlasting hills. The Lord will protect you from all danger; he will keep you safe. What does the psalmist mean when he says, I lift my eyes to the hills (Psalm 121:1). Consequently, some of the things which we call evil God does not so call, because their influence on us is good. Metrically, the psalm falls into four stanzas of four lines each. Men) , which signifies "his good" or "pleasant foot" I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. In Psalm 121:3b-4 we are told, [God] who keeps you will not slumber. The grand, calm, strong, high thingsthey seem to be so near God; they seem to be so full of God; they bring us so near him, and fill us so full of him. Dont forget him. and goes, things prosper with him, and with those that are in The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil; he shall preserve thy soul. The King James Bible (1611) and Strong's Concordance (1890) with Hebrew and Greek dictionaries are sourced from the BibleForgeDB database (https://github.com/bibleforge) within the BibleForge project (http://bibleforge.com). v1 When I look up to Jehovah will keep thee from all evil; he will keep thy soul. v5 The *LORD is the called also Gradual Psalm, Pilgrim Psalm, Psalm of Ascents. These describe Gods sovereign rule. To get what Psalm 121:7 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for Absolute security of defense lies in God, and we may fully trust in him. Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse. Perhaps it is best regarded as a psalm of the Exile. The psalmist is, as it were, holding a colloquy with himself. He *guards you from dangers that you do not know about, (verse 7). Moses was helped to realize the power of Jehovah by the daily impressions of the huge, craggy, awful mountain forms of Sinai. This psalm teaches us to comfort ourselves in the Lord, when difficulties and dangers are greatest. The first verse is a call to God in deep sorrow, from out of the depths or out of the deep, as it is translated in the King James Version of the Bible and the Coverdale translation (used in the Book of Common Prayer) respectively. He that keepeth thee will not slumber. To succeed in earthly things we must engage the whole heart and powers in them. Every Christian faces challenges. Protection was especially needed on the right hand, as the side which no shield guarded. Should Christians Play the Charlie Charlie Game? Jehovah will keep thee from all evil; he will keep thy soul. 4. How powerfully we are all drawn by world-interests! "Thy shade" means "thy protection." THE preceding psalm is one of complaint; the present, one of comfort and consolation. It is not for the godless, but for the regenerated people of God. But I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation. hurt you in the day, "*Protect I. It has, indeed, no moral quality that he can recognize. This shows the English words related to the source biblical texts along with brief definitions. Shall I depend upon the strength of the hills? Read the psalm and change "you" or "your" to Help us purchase electrical generators for churches. He guards your life. If, then, what we call disaster, and think to be so, be really amongst "all things which work together for [not merely precede, but produce the] man's good" as is so often the case (see 2 Corinthians 4:17), then is God's permission or sending of that disaster a falsifying of the promise of this psalm. air of this world, and of his entrance into the world to come. 3. 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