It is a revelation to us to discover that God's supreme interest is not in eyelets, as ours is. "*Protect of A you when you go out. This is the same 5The Lord is thy keeper: the Lord is thy shade upon thy right hand. The Lord himself shall see to if, whether during the heat of the day or the chill of the night, it matters not. Prayers for Gods deliverance in moments of despair. 6-8. Through peaks and valleys, joy and tears, he elevates his relationship to God, his being close to the living God, as truly what life is. you and be the one that *guards you. All kinds of evil. When I thought, My foot slips, your steadfast love, O Yahweh, held me up.. Coup de soleil was feared by day, and the deleterious influence of the moon's rays by night. The assurance rises from the particular to the general. Three times a year, the men of Israel would set out for Jerusalem to celebrate the feasts of the Lord and to worship their God at the Holy Temple, which stood majestically at the top of Mount Zion. 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. LORD ~ the covenant name for God (in a covenant you agree Quotes available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. 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. 8. thy going out, &c.--all thy ways ( Deuteronomy 28:19 , Psalms 104:23 ). The Being who framed man's wonderful nature would naturally provide for its great wantsthe wants he had himself created. God has often refreshed his fainting servants with the sight of his everlasting hills. Psalms 120 Psalms 122 Old Testament Genesis Exodus Leviticus Numbers Deuteronomy Joshua Judges Ruth 1 Samuel 2 Samuel 1 Kings 2 Kings 1 Chronicles It is this down-looking that makes us so weak. v1 When I look up to the hills I find no help there. one that *guards you. Yahweh will protect you from all evil; he will protect your life. ); plagiarize. 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. One thing about them is suggested by our textthey make us look up. The opening two verses form a poetic question and answer: I lift up my God's care for us will not suffer him to sleep or become indifferent to us. Informal to make dishonest use of (another persons idea, writing, etc. Psalm 121:7 (NRS) 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. My help comes from the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth. As they ascended the hilly slopes of Jerusalem, their faces were steadfastly set towards the place that represented the Presence ofthe Lord, the Ark of the Covenant, in the most holy place in the Temple of God, and the Mercy Seat whereby their sins could be covered until the promised Messiah of Israel came as the perfect Sacrifice. The Hebrew of verse 4 suggests a development from what precedes. Psalm 25 is an alphabet psalm, like Psalms 9 and 10. Psalm 121:7 (HNV) Psalm 121:7, NASB: The LORD will protect you from all evil; He will keep your soul. 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. "In every place, beholding the evil and the good.". made the *heaven (the sky and the stars) and the earth. Psalm 121:7 (BBE) 2. v6 The sun will not Who do you turn to in times of crisis? Uncertainties; possibly some very great joy, or some overwhelming sorrow, or some very sore perplexity, or even the last experience of death. Deu 28:6; 1 Samuel 29:6; 2 Samuel 3:25; 1 Kings 3:7; 2 Kings 19:27). Estimates the importance of what he sees. Most modern critics regard this clause as interrogative, and translate, "Whence is it that my help shall come?" Now the verses in Psalms are pretty straightforward, verse 4 says, God will neither slumber nor sleep. He never sleeps, so he never stops The Lord will protect you from all danger; he will keep you safe. We do not see that the sense is obscured in this instance, but we think the emphasis and force are lessened. Elijah was calmed, and made himself again, by the soothing influences of Horeb, the mount of God. Where will my help come from? THE MOUNTAINS CAN DIRECT US WHERE TO FIND HELP AND SAFETY. 1 I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills : from whence cometh my help. II. F26; and so one that, wherever he comes The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. Jehovah will keep thee from all evil; He will keep thy soul. What does Psalms 121:7-8 mean? "Soul-keeping is the soul of keeping. Yet even in respect of these we need the assurance of an outside and Divine protection. Please enter your email address associated with your Salem All-Pass account, then click Continue. For them. 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. connection with him: such an one was Jacob in the house of Laban, There can come no difficulty, no entanglement, from which he cannot deliver us; there can come no sorrow in which he will not be able to support us. Thats good, but understand that God is here to help you too. For Israel was a people that had known what it was to go out to drear and dreadful exile, and that more than once. THE EVER-WATCHFUL WATCHMAN SEES. It is a protection for life. Psalm 121 is the second of the fifteen Psalms of ascent (Psalm 120 to Psalm 134). 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 We shall best appreciate it if we consider. The Arabs universally believe that the beams of the moon are noxious to the human body; and therefore they carefully cover over their heads when they sleep in the open air. Follow the buttons in the right-hand column for detailed definitions and verses that use the same root words. Verse of the Day , Psalm 121:2 Treasury of Scripture Knowing. But we can see him only from the heights of the soul. I. What a glorious promise. The protection vouchsafed extends to all a man is and all a man does. It is almighty wisdom that contrives, and almighty power that works the safety of those that put themselves under God's protection. (He will do this) now and always. 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." These describe Gods sovereign rule. 2. Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. If our life is thus within the constant Divine inspection, we may put away all fears, and simply "seek the kingdom of God, and his righteousness."R.T. Which made heaven and earth; i.e. It is his *covenant name. "All evil." It never ceases but it is replenished every dawn (Lamentations 3:2223). 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. 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). Whereas verse 3 suggests your Guardian will not slumber now, verse 4 stresses Israels Guardian will never slumber nor sleep. 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 121:7 (DBY) Psalm 121:7 (CJB) He dwelt in the mountain-group of Zion at Jerusalem, and in the other mountains of Israel. If he were but free from the answering of his moral evil, nothing that could happen would be a real calamity.R.T. He will keep your soul. That is, when a theme or message jumps out at you repeatedly. Look up, and grow strong. there. Psalm 121:7 (GNT) My help (cometh) from Jehovah, the Maker of heaven and earth. "Thy shade" means "thy protection." II. Metrically, the psalm falls into four stanzas of four lines each. In his rendering, Bloch presents a shirtless black man with his eyes lifted unto the hills, seeking relief from God. The *LORD is near you to *protect you. The LORD is thy keeper: the LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand. Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. Do not fear the king of Babylon, of whom you are afraid. I will lift up my eyes to the mountains; From where shall my help come? Psalm 121:7 (KJVA) Psalms 121:7 The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. "The Lord shall keep thy going out and thy coming in." He alone has both the power and the will to assist me. Jehovah will keep thee from all evil; he will keep thy soul. His sleepless vigilance is added. The Lord shall preserve thy going out, and thy coming not in the *Hebrew Bible. He will watch over your life. All rights reserved. The Lord will protect you from all harm; He will protect your life. Psalms 121:8. This psalm teaches us to comfort ourselves in the Lord, when difficulties and dangers are greatest. the hills I find no help there. 3. Psalm 121:7 (ESV) We may not think that God estimates evil precisely as we do. All rights reserved. And is not that just what we need? v3 He will not let Their provision and protection came only from the Lord. For man evil is calamity. I. He will take care that his people shall not fall. And their experience reminds us of some important truths. One important distinction may be Pointed out here. your foot *slide. Not the universal, but the general rule. 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. "This God is our God forever and ever, he will be our guide even unto death" (Psalms 48:14). We'll send you an email with steps on how to reset your password. We must see all our help in God; from him we must expect it, in his own way and time. Moses was helped to realize the power of Jehovah by the daily impressions of the huge, craggy, awful mountain forms of Sinai. But "the question is only asked to give more effect to the answer" (Cheyne). *covenant is when two or more people agree together. From the times of David's persecution, he fled to the mountain country of Judaea and the south; but God preserved him, not the hills. Meat, when exposed to the moonbeams, becomes quickly tainted. nor the moon at night. hurting you". I lift up my eyes to the hills where does my help come from? Psalm 121:7, KJV: The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. Believe it. We ask the question: who is 'the LORD'? Psalm 121:7 (WYC) covenant ~ two people have agreed what each should do What are we to say? It is the inward happiness and peace and joy which these things impart which gives them their value. Look up; you will feel the heaven-breath upon your face. He must receive the Holy Ghost, have the heavens opened unto him, and know God, and then sin against him. v2 My help comes from Taking the second idea, we come upon God's continued interest in, and care for, the new life he has quickened in our souls. What mercy! Do not fear him, declares the LORD, for I am with you, to save you and to deliver you from his hand.. to be the contraction of (wmep v4 It is certain that Please enter your email address associated with your Salem All-Pass account, then click Continue. The Lord shall keep thee inwardly and outwardly soul and body alike, from all evil and in all thy ways. guards you ~ stops people hurting or killing you . The one that *guards you will not sleep. Men know this, and are duly warned to take all precautions. Psalm 121:7 (NIV) Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse. he so often does, then again we askHas not God been true to his word? It is constantly complained of that where, in the original Scriptures, the sacred writers employ only one word, our translators have put for that one word, two, three, four, five, or even several more different English words, thus conveying to our minds several ideas, where it was the intention of the Scriptures to convey only one. 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. 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. Behold, He who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep. The right hand is the working hand; let them but turn to their duty, and they shall find God ready to give them success. Hashem shall preserve thee from kol rah; He shall preserve thy nefesh. Where does my help come from (Psalm 121:1)? v8 The *LORD *guards To report dead links, typos, or html errors or suggestions about making these resources more useful use the convenient. Lament Psalms. The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. THE MOUNTAINS CANNOT GIVE US HELP AND SAFETY. Is this Jehovah or Yahweh or YHWH or Yahua? Psalms 121:7. you" means "stop somebody hurting you". hills (verse 1). And he *guards you when you come in. PSALM 121:7. Psalms 121:7 The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil; or, "keep thee." heaven ~ here it means "the sky and all the What promise! Psalms 121:3.The ministering priest answers him, "He will not suffer thy foot to be moved." God does not sleephis vigilance is unceasing (comp. (See verses 2 - 7.) THE EVER-WATCHFUL WATCHMAN HELPS. Also, he would *protect - We must not rely upon men and means, instruments and second causes. Certainties; duties, difficulties, vexations, trials, temptations, opportunities. God will not allow any evil to approach him, so as to do him hurt. 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. "thy defense." Hence blessed are they who are in God's holy keeping in all the goings out and comings in of daily life! This is what the writer of this precious psalm looks for from God (see the first two verses), and this is what the psalm promises, and that with the utmost particularity. All sins shall be forgiven, except the sin against the Holy Ghost; for Jesus will save all except the sons of perdition. 1. Psalm 130 is the 130th psalm of the Book of Psalms, one of the Penitential psalms. For to men in this world God's voice is ever calling. And then there are brought forward the long array of facts which seem to make against the truth of this word. And they do good because, at bottom, they are lovers of good. The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil; he shall preserve thy soul. The LORD will protect you from all evil; He will keep your soul. Copyright 2023, Bible Study Tools. If, then, a man be eternally saved, does the fact that during a period unspeakably short in comparison with eternity the man's outward life was full of trouble invalidate the promise of this psalm and prove it false? Man is profoundly interested in what happens, and is wont to stop there, and miss the meaning of what happens. Use this reference information to gain deeper insight into the Bible and enrich your understanding. Popularity rankings are based on search volume data from the Google AdWords Keyword Planner tool. He is always there to give By his merciful defendings: "No plague shall come nigh thy dwelling." 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." Amazing Promises. "The Lord shall preserve thy going out." Deu 28:6; 1 Samuel 29:6; Further, we see only the surface of things; God looks at the reality. It is the steadfast love of the Lord It was the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth and not the hills to whom they looked for help. IV. II. God knows, and can help him to defend himself from the peril. Yahweh will keep you from all evil. 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. But because of his ever-sustaining mercy, your faith will remain. The Targum is. II. Genesis; Exodus; Leviticus; Numbers; Deuteronomy; The LORD will protect you from all evil; God will protect your very life. III. THE INSUFFICIENCY OF HUMAN HELP. Now, even in this literal sense, the promise was no mean one. God's guardian care of His people celebrated. 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. vocabulary) on Psalm 121. KING JAMES VERSION (KJV) TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT. An EasyEnglish Translation with Notes (about 1200 word The Lord is thy Keeper; the Lord is thy shade upon thy right hand. "Our help cometh from the Lord."S.C. Psalm 121 (This is) a song for climbing. What does it mean that my help comes from the Lord (Psalm 121:2)? Psalm 121:7 (KJV) As a song sung by travelers, this is particularly relevant for the trust The psalmist addresses himself with consolatory assurances. TO THE MORNING AND EVENING OF LIFE. (The Lord shall keep thee safe from all evil; yea, the Lord shall keep thee safe.). Yahwehs guardianship means that he ensures our perseverance. Psalm 121:7 (WEB) A STRONG, DEEP SENSE OF DEPENDENCE ON GOD IMPLANTED IN US. 5. And the peace of and your minds in Christ Jesus. The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in (comp. The Lord will keep you from all evil; he will keep your life. AS APPLYING TO THE WHOLE OF OUR ACTIVE LIFE. Since the colonial era, abolitionist writers turned to Psalm 121 as proof of Gods protection for enslaved people. God's people are, after all, the happiest people under the sun. The translated Bible text has yet to go through Advanced (120-7) The Lord keepeth thee from all evil: may the Lord keep thy soul. God watches over your life from beginning to end. I was surprised to find that the word combination depicting the stumbling step in verse 3 is never used in Scripture of physical falling. Jehovah will keep thee from all evil; He will keep thy soul. "The darkness and the light are both alike to him."R.T. More insights from your Bible study - Get Started with Logos Bible Software for Free! There was no help in the Learn more. The Lord shall prevent the evil thou fearest, and sanctify, remove, or lighten the evil thou feelest. He fled to the mountains; but God preserved him, not the mountain. 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. Read it The spiritually awakened man sees evil as God sees it; and, therefore, when he prays to be kept from all evil, he means kept from himselffrom the evil that is in him. Now, in this beautiful psalm we have a notable instance of such different rendering. blessing him, coming in and going out, ( Deuteronomy Therefore we rest assured that the Lord will keep us flora all evil, he will keep our soul.S.C. Behold, He who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.. No; my confidence is in God only. I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills. Only when he looks beyond them do they become his security; for then God makes them such. 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. Jehovah preserveth thee from all evil, He doth preserve thy soul. Indeed, the Hebrew word for "slumber" is the stronger term of the two. It Let her influence over this earth be studied; it is more powerful than is generally known." God helps every Christian in tough times. He does not faint or grow weary (Isaiah 40:28). The LORD will keep you from every kind of harm. Arama interprets it of a man's going out into the The Lord will protect you from all harm; He will protect your life. Should Christians Play the Charlie Charlie Game? 3. We'll send you an email with steps on how to reset your password. Proud member 1. And I will execute great vengeance upon them, love the Lord your God with all your heart, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God, Properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e., guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc, Properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense), Properly, a breathing creature, i.e., animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental). This is what it means to lift our eyes to the hills. 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. They look for good. Hence such difference of rendering is often misleading, and rather a hiding than a setting forth of the Scripture's true meaning. GOD-DRAWN, WE LOOK UP, AND SO GROW STRONG. One really obvious way that God tries to get your attention is repetition. THE preceding psalm is one of complaint; the present, one of comfort and consolation. 28:6 ) ; and such, with the poet F24, are said to go with a (here, God and his people). Jesus said, "I am always with you" (Matthew 28:20). 4. THE GENERAL RULE OF GOD'S PROVIDENTIAL CARE IS AS HERE SET FORTH. 8The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore. slip ~ not stand in a safe way, as on ice or wet ground. And we need the assurance of God's defense even against open and well-known evils, because he only can know the particular peril which lies in their relativity to us at any given time. When the psalmist declared, therefore, He will not allow your foot to slip, he was most likely speaking of the perseverance of the saints. The Lord's promise to be with us forever keeps us from covetousness and fear (Hebrews 13:56). He *guards The LORD will protect you from all evil; God will protect your very life. But I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation. Look in Psalm 120 about the covenant. The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul ( Psalms 121:6-7 ). He will not suffer thy foot to be moved. It is in the form of a dialogue.. Ver. The term "soul" stands often in the Scriptures of both the Old and New Testaments for the animal life; but we use it for that spiritual being which man is, as distinguished from that bodily form which man has. you as you go out and on your way home, (verse 8). Just because you follow God, it doesnt mean that you will not face tough times in life. Psalm 121 answers this question for us. 5. upon thy right hand--a protector's place ( Psalms 109:31 , 110:5 ). 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