Psalm 121:5-6. Read the psalm and change "you" or "your" to The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in (comp. It is this down-looking that makes us so weak. They do not remain with us; parents die; brothers and sisters are scattered far and wide; friends become estranged. is not this psalm actual fact? And what do we see when we look down? It can be through Scripture, sermons, articles, podcasts, or any other means He chooses. As they ascended the hilly slopes of Jerusalem, their faces were steadfastly set towards the place that represented the Presence of the Lord, the Ark of the Covenant, in the most holy place The LORD will keep you from all evil; he will keep your life. THE "COMING IN" OF LIFE MAY INDICATE ITS PASSIVITIES AND QUIET RELATION-strips. It might have been written by a Daniel, as he sat at his open window, and looked away over the broad, fiat plains of Babylon toward the distant mountain-land of Israel. In silence God doth speak.". Psalms 121:3.The ministering priest answers him, "He will not suffer thy foot to be moved." Psalm 121:7 (KJV) So strange is the frailty of human nature, that men are over-mastered by the very things they know well, are warned against, and even think themselves strong to resist. 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! I. The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. 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. For man evil is calamity. Let her influence over this earth be studied; it is more powerful than is generally known." All rights reserved. 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? The Lord himself shall see to if, whether during the heat of the day or the chill of the night, it matters not. To report dead links, typos, or html errors or suggestions about making these resources more useful use the convenient. preserve, but prosper in all, ( Psalms 1:3 ) ; the Lord Whereas verse 3 suggests your Guardian will not slumber now, verse 4 stresses Israels Guardian will never slumber nor sleep. It seems to be the one universal power that this sin-smitten world possesses over its creaturesit bends their shoulders, it bows their heads, it gives, it keeps, the downward look. to be the contraction of (wmep For Israel was a people that had known what it was to go out to drear and dreadful exile, and that more than once. His sleepless vigilance is added. I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills. This expression is evidently borrowed from the blessing on obedience given in Deuteronomy 28:6, "Blessed shall thou be when thou comest in, and blessed shall thou be when thou goest out." Illustrations may be taken from the wilderness-journey of Israel. Therefore we rest assured that the Lord will keep us flora all evil, he will keep our soul.S.C. v8 The *LORD *guards The notes explain some of the words with a *star by them. The Lord shall prevent the evil thou fearest, and sanctify, remove, or lighten the evil thou feelest. The Hebrew of verse 4 suggests a development from what precedes. Look to him at any hour in the light or in the night. There God had "promised his blessing, even life forevermore" (Psalms 133:3). Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. Not the universal, but the general rule. Psalm 121:7 (NCV) Psalm 121 is a treasure of promise for the suffering believer, whose help comes from the Lord (verse 2). *LORD is a special name for God. It is his *covenant name. II. Look up; your brow will soon lose those wreathings of anxiety and care. THE PROMISE IS NOT FOR EVERY COMMUNITY, BUT FOR THE PEOPLE OF GOD. Since the colonial era, abolitionist writers turned to Psalm 121 as proof of Gods protection for enslaved people. The LORD will protect you from all evil; He will keep your soul. III. 5. The Lord the Keeper of Israel. It has, indeed, no moral quality that he can recognize. After personally celebrating Yahwehs guardianship in verses 12, the And if we truly desire it, the Lord will keep our going out and our coming in, in this sense also. Psalm 121:7 (MSG) God guards you from every evil, he guards your very life. The Lord will keep you from all evil; he will keep your life. It is all about the LORD. The Israelites faced tremendous dangers as they scaled the hills around Jerusalem to come to religious festivals. He declares the nature of Gods guarding role in verse 34: He will not let your foot be moved; he who keeps you will not slumber. The psalmist is not promising the absence of pain or even failure. These describe Gods sovereign rule. We come in to rest, enjoy; we come in to home relationships and quiet occupations; and we seldom suspect that there is a possible exaggerating of self in our times of passivity, as truly as in our times of activity. My help (cometh) from Jehovah, the Maker of heaven and earth. By his wonderful overrulings, which constantly turn seeming evil into real and permanent good. The "holy hills," that stand round about Jerusalem, are intended (Psalms 87:1; Psalms 125:2). Yahwehs guardianship means that he ensures our perseverance. in I will lift up mine eyes--expresses desire (compare Psalms 25:1 ), mingled with expectation. God helps every Christian in tough times. Salem Media Group. The phrase is an equivalent of "The Lord shall preserve thee in all thy ways" (Psalms 91:11). This shows the English words related to the source biblical texts along with brief definitions. If Yahweh had not been my help, my soul would soon have lived in the land of silence. God keeps His people at all times and in all perils. Protection was especially needed on the right hand, as the side which no shield guarded. The time is fast approaching when today's door of grace will be shut fast and God will take us to be with Himself before He begins to pour out His wrath on a Christ-rejecting, sinful and rebellious generation. And if this be so, the mere change of our circumstances is not the thing for us chiefly to desire; we should rather seek the Divine overruling, which includes defense from what God sees to be evil, and involves making "all things work together for good.". Where does my help come from (Psalm 121:1)? He will guard us from all forms of evil. But we can see him only from the heights of the soul. I was surprised to find that the word combination depicting the stumbling step in verse 3 is never used in Scripture of physical falling. That is, when a theme or message jumps out at you repeatedly. He fled to the mountains; but God preserved him, not the mountain. "In every place, beholding the evil and the good.". THE EVER-WATCHFUL WATCHMAN UNDERSTANDS. Jason DeRouchie is research professor of Old Testament and biblical theology at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Kansas City, Missouri, and content developer and global trainer with Hands to the Plow Ministries. All sins shall be forgiven, except the sin against the Holy Ghost; for Jesus will save all except the sons of perdition. He will preserve the soul, that it be not defiled by sin, and disturbed by affliction; he will preserve it from perishing eternally. It might seem as if the salvation of the soul from spiritual death were all we need be anxious about; but God never urges this point upon us. Amazing Promises. They appeal to both poetic and religious feeling. 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. GOD-DRAWN, WE LOOK UP, AND SO GROW STRONG. Genesis protects you ~ stops people hurting or killing you . The greater includes the less. But it is true also in the moral sphere, it is the calamity side of evil which absorbs man's attention. The LORD will protect you from all evil; God will protect your very life. He will be our Keeper, our Shade upon our right hand (Psalms 121:5). 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. God watches over your life from beginning to end. 2. From this time forth, and even forevermore; i.e. Behold, He who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.. The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. He *guards you from dangers that you know about. Every Christian faces challenges. "me", "my" or "I". Informal to take unlawfully or dishonourably; steal. THE INSUFFICIENCY OF HUMAN HELP. he will not sleep. Dishonesty found out is evil. The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. Deu 28:6; 1 Samuel 29:6; 39:5 Genesis After Gods people returned from the Babylonian captivity they were suffering new afflictions. Wait! To understand these figures, it is necessary to keep in mind, not only what the sun and moon actually are in Eastern countries, but also the sentiments which have gathered about them in those lands. Deu 28:6; 1 Samuel 29:6; 2 Samuel 3:25; 1 Kings 3:7; 2 Kings 19:27). 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. He will "not suffer thy foot to be moved" (Psalms 121:3); he will uphold us in the path of righteousness; and if we have to walk "in slippery places," yet his right hand will hold us, and our soul will not be stained with the sin which injures and defiles. The preservation of the greater includes that of the less, so far as it is essential to the main design; the kernel shall be preserved, and in order thereto the shell shall be preserved also. "Your Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.". Psalm 121 also pertains to the journey of faith that requires reliance on God. The setting of the psalm is travel to or from Jerusalem as part of a religious pilgrimage. The psalms title, A Song of Ascents perhaps indicates the psalm was intended for use during pilgrimage to Jerusalem for one of Israels festivals. More insights from your Bible study - Get Started with Logos Bible Software for Free! He will watch over your life. foot", (See Gill on Genesis 2 My help cometh from the LORD : who hath made heaven and earth. The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night. No doubt our translators did their best to find synonymswords, that is, which though, different in sound, have the same sensestill the senses so given are only similar, and may not be seen by ordinary readers to be so similar as it was thought they were. THE preceding psalm is one of complaint; the present, one of comfort and consolation. Might stood for right, and hence the "going out and coming in" of Israel in those days was ever attended with much peril. 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. 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." The Lord shall keep thee inwardly and outwardly soul and body alike, from all evil and in all thy ways. "Going out" was a synonym for sorrow; "coming in," for gladness and joy. Look up!" Moses was sent to feel the inspirations of Sinai. He will keep your soul. How powerfully we are all drawn by world-interests! v6 The sun will not It shows us how God helps us when life gets hard. *covenant is when two or more people agree together. 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." It is inconceivable that we can be placed in any circumstances or conditions which are unknown to him. It is not one Israelite alone over whom God will watch unceasingly, but the whole people of Israel. We may not think that God estimates evil precisely as we do. hurt you in the day, He must receive the Holy Ghost, have the heavens opened unto him, and know God, and then sin against him. In transacting all the business of life, in going in and out And their experience reminds us of some important truths. Little slips into inexactness or untruthfulness. 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. My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth. Psalm 121:7 (GNTA) The opening two verses form a poetic question and answer: I lift up my Use this reference information to gain deeper insight into the Bible and enrich your understanding. All of our resources exist to guide you toward everlasting joy in Jesus Christ. But: 1. Psalm 121:7 (MSG) Psalm 121 (This is) a song for climbing. you help. There is a very simple message here: God never sleeps, slumbers or naps. He never sleeps, so he never stops - We must not rely upon men and means, instruments and second causes. The Spirit, who is their Preserver and Comforter, shall abide with them for ever. you and be the one that *guards you. Psalms 120 Psalms 122 Old Testament Genesis Exodus Leviticus Numbers Deuteronomy Joshua Judges Ruth 1 Samuel 2 Samuel 1 Kings 2 Kings 1 Chronicles Yahweh will protect you from all evil; he will protect your life. We go out in the morning refreshed, vigorous, full of conscious power, and in some peril of stir-reliance. Please enter your email address associated with your Salem All-Pass account, then click Continue. THE MOUNTAINS CANNOT GIVE US HELP AND SAFETY. Why is it good and pleasant for Gods people to be united (Psalm 133:1)? He had kept it; they might be sure that he would keep it. The LORD will protect you from all evil; He will keep your soul. So, we probably did not misunderstand those verses. The same verb is used throughout. The LORD keeps watch over you as you come and go, both now and forever. Worn out, the nurse may fall asleep, but the eye of the God of all consolation is never dimmed (see Psalms 139:1-24.). He alone has both the power and the will to assist me. For example, if you are a student, you might be having a difficult time with your parents, friends, or teachers right now. 5The Lord is thy keeper: the Lord is thy shade upon thy right hand. ", I. But we need not miss the important fact that God's soul-keeping runs along with, and works through, our own soul-keeping. ADONAI will guard you against all harm; he will guard your life. He that keepeth thee will not slumber. dangerous places. What a holy power upon us the mountains have! Psalms 121:2. Most modern critics regard this clause as interrogative, and translate, "Whence is it that my help shall come?" II. The moon may very well be taken as the type of the secret, subtle, insidious perils of the godly life; and these are chiefly to be dreaded. This psalm teaches us to comfort ourselves in the Lord, when difficulties and dangers are greatest. THE GREATNESS OF OUR NEED. Psalm 121 opens with the confident assertion that God will be his helper: I lift up my eyes to the mountains. Tucker explains mountains has been interpreted negatively, as the My help comes from the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth.". "All things are naked and open unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do." Copyright 2002-2023 Got Questions Ministries. He will not suffer thy He will watch over your life. 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." God takes eternity into view; we think only of the present. He guards your life. Psalm 121:1-2 I lift up my eyes to the mountains where does my help come from? "He that keepeth thee will not slumber." Isaiah 27:3). One thing about them is suggested by our textthey make us look up. It referred to Israel's journeyings from Babylon to Judah, or from wherever their abode might be, up to the great festivals. Read full chapter. Why are there different names for Jesus? Only when he looks beyond them do they become his security; for then God makes them such. the Lord is your shade at your right hand; 6 the sun will not harm you by day, nor the moon by night. 1. In Psalm 121:3b-4 we are told, [God] who keeps you will not slumber. 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. Whether your sleepless nights are filled with tears and prayers, diaper changing, or paper writing, God is with you with all the energy and grace you need. Our Lord sought seclusion among the hills of Eastern Galilee, and entered into the Divine glory on a spur of Hermon. Psalm 121:7 (BBE) Psalm 121:7 (NLT) 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. Looking up, listen; you may hear the voices of the hills saying, "Be still! v7 The *LORD is the The voice calls continually, "Lift up your heads, for your redemption draweth nigh!". Thank You Father God that You are my ever-present help in troubled times and that by the blood of Christ I now have access to Your throne of grace, for mercy - to find help in time on need, in Jesus name I pray, AMEN. Moses was helped to realize the power of Jehovah by the daily impressions of the huge, craggy, awful mountain forms of Sinai. Shall I depend upon the strength of the hills? To get what Psalm 121:7 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for The Lord will protect you from all dangers; he will guard your life. But God does not call calamity evil. Psalm 121 The God Who Keeps and Helps. Psalm 121 answers this question for us. What does Psalm chapter 121 mean? This comes out plainly in Perowne's rendering, "Whence should my help come? It needs to be always kept in mind that the power of temptation depends on the physical, mental, or spiritual condition in which we are found when it assails us. Christians believe in good. God has made our journeyings safe by means of what we call the inventions of science and the resources of civilization. The assurance rises from the particular to the general. 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. What promise! 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. And they do good because, at bottom, they are lovers of good. Yahweh is always awake, always aware, and always watching over his children. THE CREATOR WOULD NOT ONLY HAVE THE POWER, BUT THE DESIRE, THE DISPOSITION, TO HELP THE CHILD OF HIS LOVE. 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. Our English dislike of using the same word repeatedly accounts for this change, and causes the loss of impressiveness which the repeated reverberations of the one emphatic word "keep" were intended to produce. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. Indeed, the Hebrew word for "slumber" is the stronger term of the two. so long as thou hast "goings out" and "comings in." Whence should my help come?" 1 I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills : from whence cometh my help. What mercy! THE MOON IS THE TYPE OF THE SECRET PERILS OF THE GODLY LIFE. We shall best appreciate it if we consider. 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. Keeping thee from whatever form of temptation and moral evil may come through the putting forth of human energy in the daily duties of life. Psalm 121:7 (CSB) "Man goeth forth to his work and to his labor until the evening;" then he cometh in for rest. about it; in all ways, works, and conversation; in journeying and And how we need to be kept amid our daily work and business! But in comparison with the soul's well-being, God counts these things as of no importance. Drunkenness ruining a life is evil. Psalm 121:7, CSB: The Lord will What does it mean that my help comes from the Lord (Psalm 121:2)? 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 will keep him then. The LORD will keep you from all evil; he will keep your life. The Lord will keep us from all harm! The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore. I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. The right hand is the working hand; let them but turn to their duty, and they shall find God ready to give them success. Psalm 130 is the 130th psalm of the Book of Psalms, one of the Penitential psalms. God's guardian care of His people celebrated. Psalm 121:7 (HNV) The LORD is thy keeper: the LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand. By his merciful defendings: "No plague shall come nigh thy dwelling." Psalm 121:7 (ESV) 2. 1. California - Do Not Sell My Personal Information. He is always there to give Perhaps it is best regarded as a psalm of the Exile. By his wise upholdings: "Will not suffer thy foot to be moved." Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. Under this shade they may sit with delight and assurance. But the very reverse was the truth. whom the Lord blessed, as he says, "since my coming", or at "my 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). Do not put your hope today in yourself, for were it not for God, you would surely slip. The one peril of the night-watchman is that he might be overcome with sleep. "Shall I lift up mine eyes unto the hills? Yahweh will keep you from all evil. Metrically, the psalm falls into four stanzas of four lines each. God's seeing includes what is by man seeable and by man unseeable; it includes what is and what is to be. The Lord will keep you from all evil; he will keep your life. blessing him, coming in and going out, ( Deuteronomy Psalm 121:7, KJV: The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. But the encouraging this is that God is here to help you through your challenges. (verse 2). The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. They teach us to look up. All rights reserved. Psalms 121:8 The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in (comp. guards you ~ stops people hurting or killing you . "He shall keep thy soul." We have sometimes to face the future, and then we confront: 1. Psalm 121:7 (WYC) Hush the life-fever! This psalm is best taken as expressing the pious confidence of an individual believer, who addresses his inner self in words of comfort which are framed as if proceeding from another person. My help cometh from the Lord; literally, my help is from the Lord. Now, even in this literal sense, the promise was no mean one. Looking up, you find nothing of man'sit is all of God up above. Absolute security of defense lies in God, and we may fully trust in him. "*Protect Now, in this beautiful psalm we have a notable instance of such different rendering. Fish become rapidly putrid, and meat, if left exposed, incurable or unpreservable by salt. Words in boxes are from the Bible. "Not let your foot slip" (verse 3) means "not let you The Lord will protect you from all danger; he will keep you safe. So, verse 1 begins with the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet. Jehovah will keep thee from all evil; He will keep thy soul. Professor, Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Psalm 121 is a treasure of promise for the suffering believer, whose help comes from the Lord Even in the sanctuary they drop on bills and stock and trade. He not only sees things, but sees the significance of things. As a song sung by travelers, this is particularly relevant for the trust The Lord will protect you from all harm; He will protect your life. 7 The LORD will keep you from all evil; he will keep your life. Illustrate from the times of Lot. 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). Which Is More Stable Thiophene Or Pyridine? Psalm 121:7 (WEB) His gracious power will overshadow us at every step we take. Man's enterprise may bring him into situations of bodily danger. Psalms 121:8. 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. The LORD will protect you from all evil; God will protect your very life. "*Guard you" means "stop people hurting you". The Lord keep thee from all evil; the Lord keep thy soul. As we contemplate the awful number of victims to such causes as we have named, and the yet worse ruin which comes from moral causes, it is not to be wondered at that some regard this psalm as rather a pious imagination than the declaration of actual fact. The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil; He shall preserve thy soul. Quarrelsomeness breaking friendship is evil. This may be applied to the national life of Israel. He guards your life. I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. v2 My help comes from WE MUST LIFT OURSELVES UP IN THE WHOLE POWER OF OUR BEING TO REALIZE GOD'S NEARNESS TO HELP US. What does the psalmist mean when he says, I lift my eyes to the hills (Psalm 121:1). The sure confidence we have today that we will remain with God tomorrow is God himself. v3 He will not let If you travelled from home to Jerusalem, you would go through Should Christians Play the Charlie Charlie Game? Plead for his sustaining grace. hills. Much of self, of man, and of things. Is it Jesus or Yeshua? II. He will keep your soul. We naturally and rightly look to our kindred and to our friends for sympathy and succor. GOD MISSES WHAT MAN SEES. What are we to say? v3 He will not let your foot *slide. Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. Oar wants go so far, and strike so deep, that human sympathy does not avail; it falls short; we need more than it can bring. 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. Too often we are just shortsighted. He will preserve us, ourselves; not only our home, our fortune, our credit, our reputation, but ourselves: "He shall preserve thy soul." Psalms 121:8. Latin writers call the right side "latus aperture.". The sun strikes the man who is in a physical condition to receive the stroke. He shall preserve thy soul; or, keep thy soul. Old Testament. The Lord shall preserve thy going out, and thy coming in. v5 The *LORD is the with someone). What does I lift my eyes to the hills mean? A thousand things in common life, that seem to have no more Power of mischief in them than have the moonbeams. We'll send you an email with steps on how to reset your password. This journey was dangerous, and we see that reflected in the opening words of the psalm. If the soul be kept, all is kept. to be moved--(Compare Psalms 38:16 , 66:9 ). He is a wakeful, watchful Keeper; he is never weary; he not only does not sleep, but he does not so much as slumber. 5. 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