The story of Psalm 121 is in the note on Psalm 120. We must see all our help in God; from him we must expect it, in his own way and time. The *LORD is near you to *protect you. Psalms 121:8 The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in (comp. to be the contraction of (wmep To get what Psalm 121:7 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity. Evil takes many forms; it comes to us in every guise. Covenanters and others found safety in the rocks and mountains in days of religious persecution; but their God was their real defense. "Keep thy heart with all keepings, for out of it are the issues of life."R.T. 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 preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. "All things are naked and open unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do." 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. so long as thou hast "goings out" and "comings in." Deu 28:6; 1 Samuel 29:6; Psalm 121:7 (TMB) The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul ( Psalms 121:6-7 ). THE GREATNESS OF OUR NEED. you" means "stop somebody hurting you". preserve, but prosper in all, ( Psalms 1:3 ) ; the Lord Looking up, you feel how pure God's snow is, and think how much is in the promise, "They shall walk with me in white.". one that *guards you from all danger. The LORD keeps you from all harm and watches over your life. Checking. But there was someone to send help: the *LORD! I have seen in Africa the newly littered young perish in a few hours, if exposed to the rays of the full moon. Much of self, of man, and of things. An EasyEnglish Translation with Notes (about 1200 word good or prosperous foot. 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. These describe Gods sovereign rule. All of our resources exist to guide you toward everlasting joy in Jesus Christ. All rights reserved. To report dead links, typos, or html errors or suggestions about making these resources more useful use the convenient. I. *guard you also! We think evil to be that which injuriously affects our circumstances; God sees evil as that which injuriously affects us. Yahweh will keep you from all evil. Psalm 121 answers this question for us. He that keepeth thee will not slumber. Believe it. My help comes from the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth.". TO THE MORNING AND EVENING OF LIFE. It is a time congregations grant clergy as a period of rest and reflection to take leave of ones responsibilities. God watches over your life from beginning to end. Their provision and protection came only from the Lord. Hashem shall preserve thee from kol rah; He shall preserve thy nefesh. We must see all our help in God; from him we must expect it, in his own way and time. "Your Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.". Psalms 121:7. But the man does not know the peril of his physical condition. Psalm 25 is an alphabet psalm, like Psalms 9 and 10. Little slips into inexactness or untruthfulness. And their experience reminds us of some important truths. 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 *guards They knew their strength and their help. His gracious power will overshadow us at every step we take. 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. So let mountains stand for the supreme self-efforts a man may make in his times of distress; he must be brought to the assured conviction that they cannot bring him safety. The writer is oppressed with the burdens and sorrows of exile; he remembers Zion, and he sings his soul to quietness and peace by looking away from present cares to the high hills of God, and cheers his drooping spirit by remembering how, amid all the earth-changes, the everlasting hills abide. (The Lord shall keep thee safe from all evil; yea, the Lord shall keep thee safe.). They look for good. 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. Psalm 121:7 (CEB) Psalm 121:7 (WYC) There is no more in the setting of the two terms than poetical repetition. Instead, there was danger! protects you ~ stops people hurting or killing you . 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. GOD-DRAWN, WE LOOK UP, AND SO GROW STRONG. The LORD will keep you from all harm he will watch over your life; Psalm 121:7 (NKJV) One important distinction may be Pointed out here. He will keep your soul. The sure confidence we have today that we will remain with God tomorrow is God himself. fall". Behold, He who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.. Psalm 121 was sung by the ancient Israelites as they made the long journey to Jerusalem. Is this Jehovah or Yahweh or YHWH or Yahua? Look up!" There was no help in the "Not let your foot slip" (verse 3) means "not let you The Targum is. 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 whom the Lord blessed, as he says, "since my coming", or at "my 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. 2023 Caniry - All Rights Reserved Mr. Martin says, "Of the effects of the moon on animal life very many instances could be cited. 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. v1 When I look up to And the mountains still soothe and calm God's people. Psalm 121:7 (CEBA) 2 My help cometh from the LORD : who hath made heaven and earth.What does the Bible say about God never sleeping? Psalm 121:7 (YLT) He will watch over your life. It is almighty wisdom that contrives, and almighty power that works the safety of those that put themselves under God's protection. Psalms 121:7 The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. Yahweh will protect you from all evil; he will protect your life. The Lord will protect you from all dangers; he will guard your life. He will preserve the soul, that it be not defiled by sin, and disturbed by affliction; he will preserve it from perishing eternally. 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. Psalm 121:7 (TMBA) God guards you from every evil, he guards your very life. 8 The LORD will keep your going out and your coming in from this time forth and forevermore (Psalm 121:7-8). 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. Prayers for Gods deliverance in moments of despair. Psalms 121:7. Words in boxes are from the Bible. This psalm teaches us to comfort ourselves in the Lord, when difficulties and dangers are greatest. Clarke's Commentary. Look in Psalm 120 about the covenant. Look up; you will feel the heaven-breath upon your face. 3. Coup de soleil was feared by day, and the deleterious influence of the moon's rays by night. 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. "thy defense." Dont forget him. He will not suffer thy foot to be moved. III. God guards you from every evil, he guards your very life. Jehovah will keep thee from all evil; He will keep thy soul. 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. 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. Professor, Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Psalm 121 is a treasure of promise for the suffering believer, whose help comes from the Lord By his wise upholdings: "Will not suffer thy foot to be moved." THE "COMING IN" OF LIFE MAY INDICATE ITS PASSIVITIES AND QUIET RELATION-strips. He not only sees things, but sees the significance of things. 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. The Lord shall preserve thy going out, and thy coming III. The phrase is an equivalent of "The Lord shall preserve thee in all thy ways" (Psalms 91:11). His sleepless vigilance is added. says the word signifies a man of a good foot: and the word seems And what do we see when we look down? 5. The LORD will keep you from all evil. The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil; he shall preserve thy soul. Business man is world-absorbed. What is the context of Psalms 121:7? Proud member 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! They are but God's instruments for our good. God's guardian care of His people celebrated. PSALM 121:7. The precise associations of the psalm cannot be fixed with any certainty. They cannot render us all the help we need. The LORD guards you from every evil. Behold, He who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep. Far from the busy crowd. 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 Let us be found in our work, assured that the blessings promised in this psalm are ours. In transacting all the business of life, in going in and out Words in brackets, ( ), are evermore--includes a future state. (Psalms 121:3-6.) Quarrelsomeness breaking friendship is evil. about it; in all ways, works, and conversation; in journeying and Slang to arrest. Oh, to lose the downward look which has so grown upon us by the pressure of life-cares! Not the universal, but the general rule. A thousand things in common life, that seem to have no more Power of mischief in them than have the moonbeams. GOD SEES WHAT MAN MISSES. Rather, all four of its other occurrences employ it figuratively for someone who is (or anticipated being) overcome by divine judgment (Deuteronomy 32:35), personal sin or weakness (Psalm 38:16[17]), or enemy oppression (Psalm 66:9; 94:18). Psalm 121:7 (GNTA) People that robbed you hid in the 39:5 Genesis For to men in this world God's voice is ever calling. What does the psalmist mean when he says, I lift my eyes to the hills (Psalm 121:1). F26; and so one that, wherever he comes It is the steadfast love of the Lord Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. Psalm 121:7 (MSG) How business life tends to absorb all time, all thought, all energy, so that scarce any are left for God! 13 tr to perform a face-lift on. The Lord will keep us from all harm! If you are looking to the Lord for your help, He will preserve you from all evil. ", II. II. A Psalms 121:7 The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil; or, "keep thee." 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. the hills I find no help there. The LORD will keep you from every kind of harm. If God keeps us in being, and gives us new days, then we may confidently hold him to his promise, "As thy day so shall thy strength be." He is supremely concerned about us. 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 LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. God's seeing includes what is by man seeable and by man unseeable; it includes what is and what is to be. Man is profoundly interested in what happens, and is wont to stop there, and miss the meaning of what happens. For example, if you are a student, you might be having a difficult time with your parents, friends, or teachers right now. The Israelites faced tremendous dangers as they scaled the hills around Jerusalem to come to religious festivals. Those who trust and worship God may expect to pass through the valley of weeping. Is it Jesus or Yeshua? 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. One really obvious way that God tries to get your attention is repetition. "Thy shade" means "thy protection." He will preserve us, ourselves; not only our home, our fortune, our credit, our reputation, but ourselves: "He shall preserve thy soul." 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." The pilgrim lifts up his eyes to the hills, and is satisfied that help is coming to him. Most people in the world have no experience of lasting joy in their lives. The LORD will keep you from all evil; he will keep your life. Which made heaven and earth; i.e. The Lord will keep you from all evil; he will keep your life. Psalms 121:8. 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. Psalms 121:2. He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. Psalm 121:7 (HNV) The LORD is thy keeper: the LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand. The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for ADONAI will guard you against all harm; he will guard your life. you and be the one that *guards you. And he wants to help you through lifes most difficult circumstances. The LORD will protect you from all evil; He will keep your soul. My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth. My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth. Our real self is not harmed, the Lord is our Keeper, as he said. The LORD keeps watch over you as you come and go, both now and forever. So, verse 1 begins with the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet. II. THE "GOING OUT" OF LIFE MAY INDICATE ITS ACTIVITIES AND ENTERPRISES. And in the New Jerusalem, one of its sweetest promises was that its people should "go no more out forever." The Being who framed man's wonderful nature would naturally provide for its great wantsthe wants he had himself created. Yet at the best no absolute security can be placed in any human watchman. His concern for the material life does but illustrate his care for the spiritual life ("This is the will of God, even our sanctification"). He is always near his people for their protection and refreshment. 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. If he were but free from the answering of his moral evil, nothing that could happen would be a real calamity.R.T. "I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills," etc. And how we need to be kept amid our daily work and business! "*Protect you" means "stop people It is a revelation to us to discover that God's supreme interest is not in eyelets, as ours is. III. Psalms 121:3. covenant ~ two people have agreed what each should do "Certain" is another word for "sure". THE PROMISE MAY BE TRUE TO THE HEART WHEN ITS FULFILLMENT IS NOT APPARENT TO THE EYE. This appears to be a prayer of the Jews in their captivity, who are solicitous for their restoration. After personally celebrating Yahwehs guardianship in verses 12, the psalmist turns to give assurance to others in verses 38. "me", "my" or "I". 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. "In every place, beholding the evil and the good.". The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in (comp. 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. THE PROMISE IS NOT FOR EVERY COMMUNITY, BUT FOR THE PEOPLE OF GOD. New American Standard Bible Chapter Parallel Psalm 121:7 (NAS) The LORD will protect you from all evil; He *guarding you (verses 3, 4). The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. Elijah was calmed, and made himself again, by the soothing influences of Horeb, the mount of God. 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