The priest-singer ends this second Song of Ascent by telling our pilgrim that God will always and at all times bless them as they take the pilgrimage. No one can snatch Gods sheep out of his hand (John 10:2730), and the one who has justified will never again condemn (Romans 8:3334). 1 I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills : from whence cometh my help. Now the verses in Psalms are pretty straightforward, verse 4 says, God will neither slumber nor sleep. Psalm 121:7, CSB: The Lord will 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. Psalm 121:7 (CJB) The LORD will keep you from all evil; he will keep your life. Buchanan, writing with the Cuchullin hills all about him, says. 1. Psalm 121:7 (GW) Old Testament. All rights reserved. 3. 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 that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil; He shall preserve thy soul. The pilgrim lifts up his eyes to the hills, and is satisfied that help is coming to him. The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. III. The Word of the Lord, as the Targum. What does the Bible say about God never sleeping? 5. The LORD keeps you from all harm and watches over your life. A How can you tell if God is trying to tell you something? Who do you turn to in times of crisis? The *LORD is near you to *protect you. He will watch over your life. 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. Psalm 121:7 (KJVA) The psalmist takes pride in the goodness of God in which he finds safety. ", II. 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. And their experience reminds us of some important truths. THE CREATOR OF THE UNIVERSE IS THE PROVIDENCE OF THIS WORLD. 39:5 Genesis "Going out" was a synonym for sorrow; "coming in," for gladness and joy. 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. III. I. WORLD-DRAWN, WE LOOK DOWN, AND SO ARE WEAK. He is a wakeful, watchful Keeper; he is never weary; he not only does not sleep, but he does not so much as slumber. ADONAI will guard you against all harm; he will guard your life. ADONAI will guard you against all harm; he will guard your life. Just because you follow God, it doesnt mean that you will not face tough times in life. He is able and willing to make "all grace abound" unto "all-sufficiency." The Lord will protect you from all harm; He will protect your life. Even in the sanctuary they drop on bills and stock and trade. Deu 28:6; 1 Samuel 29:6; 2 Samuel 3:25; 1 Kings 3:7; 2 Kings 19:27). The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore. so long as thou hast "goings out" and "comings in." He will preserve us, ourselves; not only our home, our fortune, our credit, our reputation, but ourselves: "He shall preserve thy soul." Therefore we rest assured that the Lord will keep us flora all evil, he will keep our soul.S.C. 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. This is the same 5. II. Covenanters and others found safety in the rocks and mountains in days of religious persecution; but their God was their real defense. And the mountains still soothe and calm God's people. people if they obeyed him. Salem Media Group. Psalms 121:7. "With his dear Son he freely gives us all things." Makes what he sees the ground of his prompt and gracious action in their behalf. His concern for the material life does but illustrate his care for the spiritual life ("This is the will of God, even our sanctification"). The peoples voice in the psalm cries to God for deliverance on three counts. The Psalms offer an important message to those who long for sleep in the midst of lifes anxious times. He will be our Keeper, our Shade upon our right hand (Psalms 121:5). Psalm 121:7 (GNT) 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? We are in the worldin a thousand subtle ways we are kin with the world, subject to its influences, caught by its whirl of excitement, absorbed by its pressing claims, and easily we become of the world as well as in it. II. These describe Gods sovereign rule. 5The Lord is thy keeper: the Lord is thy shade upon thy right hand. He made the *heaven and the earth. THE EVER-WATCHFUL WATCHMAN UNDERSTANDS. 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." The LORD will guard you from all evil, preserving your life. Jesus said, "I am always with you" (Matthew 28:20). Read it Uncertainties; possibly some very great joy, or some overwhelming sorrow, or some very sore perplexity, or even the last experience of death. Psalm 121:7 (LEB) the Lord is your shade at your right hand; 6 the sun will not harm you by day, nor the moon by night. Is this Jehovah or Yahweh or YHWH or Yahua? He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore. Domestic woman is world-absorbed. God takes eternity into view; we think only of the present. The daily renewed gift of life carries with it the gift of all the life will need day by day. California - Do Not Sell My Personal Information. The LORD will protect you from all harm; He will protect your life. Psalm 121:7 (NRS) "Soul-keeping is the soul of keeping. Psalm 121:7 (GNTA) "Some trust in horses, and some in chariots," and some in mountains; "but we will trust in the Name of the Lord. you when you go out. The notes explain some of the words with a *star by them. Popularity relative to other verses in Psalm chapter 121 using average monthly Google searches. V. GOD'S ETERNAL CARE IS TO KEEP THE SOUL FROM EVILFROM ALL REAL EVIL. Copyright 2002-2023 Got Questions Ministries. And what do we see when we look down? 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). The assurance rises from the particular to the general. 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 shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in (comp. The protection vouchsafed extends to all a man is and all a man does. "The redeemed of the Lord shall come with joy and singing," etc. Learn more. Where is God when life gets hard? of Looking up, you find nothing of man'sit is all of God up above. blessing him, coming in and going out, ( Deuteronomy 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. They look for good. God's seeing includes what is by man seeable and by man unseeable; it includes what is and what is to be. Metrically, the psalm falls into four stanzas of four lines each. Perhaps it is best regarded as a psalm of the Exile. 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 himself shall see to if, whether during the heat of the day or the chill of the night, it matters not. Professor, Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Psalm 121 is a treasure of promise for the suffering believer, whose help comes from the Lord Drunkenness ruining a life is evil. Now it is prosperity, and now adversity; it may be an intoxicating approval and adulation, or it may be a crushing depreciation and desertion; it may be a strong and sudden assault on our integrity, or it may be the more perilous approach of that which very gradually undermines or disintegrates. 4. (See verses 2 - 7.) 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. The LORD will protect you from all evil; God will protect your very life. you and be the one that *guards you. The Lord shall preserve you from all evil; He shall preserve your soul. But there was someone to send help: the *LORD! evermore--includes a future state. 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. Words in boxes are from the Bible. Psalm 121:7 (TMB) For Israel was a people that had known what it was to go out to drear and dreadful exile, and that more than once. nor the moon at night. The moral possibilities that are in all events. This psalm teaches us to comfort ourselves in the Lord, when difficulties and dangers are greatest. Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse. He will preserve the soul, that it be not defiled by sin, and disturbed by affliction; he will preserve it from perishing eternally. All sins shall be forgiven, except the sin against the Holy Ghost; for Jesus will save all except the sons of perdition. Where will my help come from? By his merciful defendings: "No plague shall come nigh thy dwelling." 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. The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil; or, "keep thee." II. I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust. Surely he will save you from the fowlers snare and from the deadly pestilence. protects you ~ stops people hurting or killing you . If we dont have a plan for when, where, and how we will read the Bible, our devotions will probably fall before the demands of the day. What does Psalm chapter 121 mean? Maybe its a friend or your mom. Worn out, the nurse may fall asleep, but the eye of the God of all consolation is never dimmed (see Psalms 139:1-24.). your foot *slide. There are enervating influences, suggestive examples. God's care for us will not suffer him to sleep or become indifferent to us. God has made our journeyings safe by means of what we call the inventions of science and the resources of civilization. The LORD will keep you from all evil. 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. "All evil." Psalm 121:7 (WEB) THE GENERAL RULE OF GOD'S PROVIDENTIAL CARE IS AS HERE SET FORTH. Hashem shall preserve thee from kol rah; He shall preserve thy nefesh. GOD SEES WHAT MAN MISSES. 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. Genesis 1 I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills : from whence cometh my help. not in the *Hebrew Bible. What does it mean that my help comes from the Lord (Psalm 121:2)? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse. 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. Psalm 121 answers this question for us. v1 When I look up to Psalm 121:7 (KJV) (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 hills (verse 1). There is a very simple message here: God never sleeps, slumbers or naps. Genesis; Exodus; Leviticus; Numbers; Deuteronomy; THE MOUNTAINS CAN DIRECT US WHERE TO FIND HELP AND SAFETY. It was the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth and not the hills to whom they looked for help. Their provision and protection came only from the Lord. Quarrelsomeness breaking friendship is evil. Psalms 121:1-2.The person who worships God speaks the two first verses, "I will lift up mine eyes - my help cometh," - Psalms 121:1-2.. Ver. 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. Designed by Elegant Themes | Powered by WordPress. the *LORD. The phrase is an equivalent of "The Lord shall preserve thee in all thy ways" (Psalms 91:11). This may be applied to the national life of Israel. We ask the question: who is 'the LORD'? Why are there different names for Jesus? "This God is our God forever and ever, he will be our guide even unto death" (Psalms 48:14). The Lord will keep you safe from all evil; he will take care of your soul. 7 The LORD will keep you from all evil; he will keep your life. It is a time congregations grant clergy as a period of rest and reflection to take leave of ones responsibilities. We must come within the circle of the covenanted people of God ere we can lay claim to the fulfillment of a psalm like this. They are but God's instruments for our good. He will take care that his people shall not fall. Lament Psalms. An EasyEnglish Translation with Notes (about 1200 word God helps every Christian in tough times. Watch the video above and talk about it with a group or mentor. The LORD will keep you from all evil; he will keep your life. Home | About | Contact | Copyright | Privacy | Cookie Policy | Terms & Conditions | Sitemap. that sustains. Looking up, you see how earth-clouds are glorified. Thee Lord shall preserve them from all evil. 5 The Lord watches over you. THE preceding psalm is one of complaint; the present, one of comfort and consolation. Words in brackets, ( ), are It can be through Scripture, sermons, articles, podcasts, or any other means He chooses. He will guard us from all forms of evil. In his rendering, Bloch presents a shirtless black man with his eyes lifted unto the hills, seeking relief from God. The one duty of the watchman is to keep ever, through his watching-time, awake and alert. In transacting all the business of life, in going in and out 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. There shall not be even a slip of the foot, a thing so common in mountainous lands, and often so perilous, and the keeping shall be night and day alike, and close at hand (Psalms 121:5). The LORD guards you from every evil. They do not remain with us; parents die; brothers and sisters are scattered far and wide; friends become estranged. Proud member And how we need to be kept amid our daily work and business! you as you go out and on your way home, (verse 8). "He that keepeth thee will not slumber." Little slips into inexactness or untruthfulness. The LORD keeps watch over you as you come and go, both now and forever. Shall I depend upon the strength of the hills? Psalms 121:7. 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. Mr. Martin says, "Of the effects of the moon on animal life very many instances could be cited. Psalm 121:7 (WYC) 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. Behold, he who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.. Plead for his sustaining grace. 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 Lord keep thee from all evil; the Lord keep thy soul. So, verse 1 begins with the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet. He will keep your soul. - We must not rely upon men and means, instruments and second causes. 4. is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. Were on a mission to change that. The Lord will protect you from all dangers; he will guard your life. He will attend us to the close of life (Psalms 121:8). Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. Psalm 121:1-2 I lift up my eyes to the mountains where does my help come from? 6The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night. The "holy hills," that stand round about Jerusalem, are intended (Psalms 87:1; Psalms 125:2). It is not that he expects help from the mountainshis hope is fixed on him who made the mountains. The voice calls continually, "Lift up your heads, for your redemption draweth nigh!". *LORD is a special name for God. 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). Popularity rankings are based on search volume data from the Google AdWords Keyword Planner tool. It Such is a frequent meaning of the expression, "going out and coming in" (see Deuteronomy 28:6, Deuteronomy 28:19; Deuteronomy 23:20; Joshua 1:7; 1 Samuel 29:6). This page was last modified on September 15, 2017, at 5:16 AM. hills. They teach us to look up. The Israelites faced tremendous dangers as they scaled the hills around Jerusalem to come to religious festivals. The sun strikes openly, and is especially perilous when it strikes on the lower part of the back of the head. Deu 28:6; 1 Samuel 29:6; Wow! "Thy shade" means "thy protection." This is true in the physical sphere. Yahweh will protect you from all evil; he will protect your life. Psalm 121:7 (NIV) Psalms 121:1. Sorrow has its snares, and so has joy. v2 My help comes from the *LORD. Let us be found in our work, assured that the blessings promised in this psalm are ours. Far from the busy crowd. the hills I find no help there. Psalm 121:7 (NIRV) 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. I. TO THE MORNING AND EVENING OF LIFE. 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 God guards you from every evil, he guards your very life. He does not faint or grow weary (Isaiah 40:28). The Being who framed man's wonderful nature would naturally provide for its great wantsthe wants he had himself created. 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. His sleepless vigilance is added. The Lord will protect you from all danger; he will keep you safe. The Lord will keep you safe from all evil; he will take care of your soul. Wait! The Lord will protect you from all harm; He will protect your life. heaven ~ here it means "the sky and all the God always sees in events that happen persons acting; and in their motives and moods and wills he sees evil or good. This is the second of the series of psalms which are titled A Song of Ascents. God guards you from every evil, he guards your very life. After Gods people returned from the Babylonian captivity they were suffering new afflictions. one that *guards you from all danger. "From whence shall my help come?" Praise to God for His gracious acts. Psalm 121:7 (TMBA) "Not let your foot slip" (verse 3) means "not let you you help. The Lord is thy Keeper; the Lord is thy shade upon thy right hand. What a glorious promise. And he wants to help you through lifes most difficult circumstances. Psalms 121:7. A First, as a continuation of Gods grace in bringing the people back from captivity. 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. I. 2 My help cometh from the LORD : who hath made heaven and earth.What does the Bible say about God never sleeping? Jehovah preserveth thee from all evil, He doth preserve thy soul. They appeal to both poetic and religious feeling. But if his soul has been kept, has not God been true to his word? And the shadow of God's curse on sin resting everywhere. The Lord will protect you from all danger; he will keep you safe. I. 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. THE PROMISE MAY BE TRUE TO THE HEART WHEN ITS FULFILLMENT IS NOT APPARENT TO THE EYE. And then there are brought forward the long array of facts which seem to make against the truth of this word. But we need not miss the important fact that God's soul-keeping runs along with, and works through, our own soul-keeping. "In every place, beholding the evil and the good.". "Shall neither slumber nor sleep." For man evil is calamity. Jehovah will keep thee from all evil; he will keep thy soul. What does Psalm chapter 121 mean? The theme of Psalm 121 is God's care of His people. Variations of the Hebrew root word for "keep" appear in verses 3, 4, 5, 7, and 8. This is the same term used in Genesis 2:15 to describe Adam's intended role in Eden. The sense of the word is to watch over. Look in Psalm 120 about the covenant. The precise associations of the psalm cannot be fixed with any certainty. The Spirit, who is their Preserver and Comforter, shall abide with them for ever. The Lord will protect you from all dangers; he will guard your life. Psalms 121:1-8 . There are 22 letters in the Hebrew alphabet. Look again at what we read in verse 2. Psalm 121:5-6. The Lord shall preserve thy going out, and thy coming Psalm 121:7 (MSG) No; my confidence is in God only. 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. We'll send you an email with steps on how to reset your password. He is always near his people for their protection and refreshment. Psalm 25 is an alphabet psalm, like Psalms 9 and 10. Yahweh is always awake, always aware, and always watching over his children. We need to be kept of God. Article Images Copyright 2023 Getty Images unless otherwise indicated. The Lord the Keeper of Israel. Hence whilst the idea of "going out" suggested only what was sad, that of "coming in," the return from exile, was full of joy. There was no help in the Thats good, but understand that God is here to help you too. THE MOON IS THE TYPE OF THE SECRET PERILS OF THE GODLY LIFE. The LORD keeps you from all harm and watches over your life. The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. preserve, but prosper in all, ( Psalms 1:3 ) ; the Lord He *guards you from dangers that you do not know about, (verse 7). Psalm 121:7 (BBE) Praise God that our strength and help, provision and protection comes from the Lord, the maker of heaven and earth, and He will never leave us nor forsake us but will be our ever-present help. THE CREATOR WOULD NOT ONLY HAVE THE POWER, BUT THE DESIRE, THE DISPOSITION, TO HELP THE CHILD OF HIS LOVE. 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. Psalm 121 is the second of the fifteen Psalms of ascent (Psalm 120 to Psalm 134). He will not allow your foot to slip; He who keeps you will not slumber. Look to him at any hour in the light or in the night. 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