And the peace of and your minds in Christ Jesus. "But"so ask not a few"is all that true? The Lord Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. The Lord shall preserve thy going out, and thy coming in. God keeps His people at all times and in all perils. The LORD will protect you from all evil; He will keep your soul. Hashem shall preserve thee from kol rah; He shall preserve thy nefesh. Salem Media Group. Psalms 121:7 The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. GOD-DRAWN, WE LOOK UP, AND SO GROW STRONG. 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. But in comparison with the soul's well-being, God counts these things as of no importance. (here, God and his people). The sun strikes the man who is in a physical condition to receive the stroke. Now, in this beautiful psalm we have a notable instance of such different rendering. The last clause, read as a question, is answered. v1 When I look up to the hills I find no help there. Follow the buttons in the right-hand column for detailed definitions and verses that use the same root words. Psalms 121:1-8 . (Psalms 121:3, Psalms 121:4). The daily renewed gift of life carries with it the gift of all the life will need day by day. I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills. He will not suffer thy foot to be moved. Psalm 121:7 (NIRV) 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 It is the inward happiness and peace and joy which these things impart which gives them their value. God has often refreshed his fainting servants with the sight of his everlasting hills. II. vocabulary) on Psalm 121. 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. Psalms 121:7 At first glance, Psalm 121:7 offers tremendous assurance. The opening two verses form a poetic question and answer: I lift up my 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. He will watch over your life. For them. 10 million Ukrainians without power because of Russia. He who "made heaven and earth" (Psalms 121:2) can do anything, everything, for us. It says that our help comes from God. 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 Thanksgiving Psalms. Covenanters and others found safety in the rocks and mountains in days of religious persecution; but their God was their real defense. He must receive the Holy Ghost, have the heavens opened unto him, and know God, and then sin against him. By his wise upholdings: "Will not suffer thy foot to be moved." The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night. 2 My help cometh from the LORD : who hath made heaven and earth. Psalms 121:3.The ministering priest answers him, "He will not suffer thy foot to be moved." Then God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done.. The phrase is an equivalent of "The Lord shall preserve thee in all thy ways" (Psalms 91:11). What a holy power upon us the mountains have! F26; and so one that, wherever he comes Latin writers call the right side "latus aperture.". 2. THE INSUFFICIENCY OF HUMAN HELP. And this assurance carried with it the confidence that God's defense and blessing were still upon the restored nation. upon princes and great men? And if we truly desire it, the Lord will keep our going out and our coming in, in this sense also. : any one of 15 psalms in the series Ps 120 to 134 sung by Hebrew pilgrims on their way to Jerusalem or possibly while ascending Mount Zion or the steps of the Temple. It is the steadfast love of the Lord 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. 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." We think evil to be that which injuriously affects our circumstances; God sees evil as that which injuriously affects us. How business life tends to absorb all time, all thought, all energy, so that scarce any are left for God! III. II. He made the *heaven and the earth. "The darkness and the light are both alike to him."R.T. The Lord will protect you from all dangers; he will guard your life. 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. *guard you also! Read the psalm and change "you" or "your" to 6-8. Home | About | Contact | Copyright | Privacy | Cookie Policy | Terms & Conditions | Sitemap. 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. My help comes from the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth.". the hills I find no help there. "me", "my" or "I". Variations of the Hebrew root word for "keep" appear in verses 3, 4, 5, 7, and 8. Plead for his sustaining grace. After a man has sinned against the Holy Ghost, there is no repentance for him. This appears to be a prayer of the Jews in their captivity, who are solicitous for their restoration. And the shadow of God's curse on sin resting everywhere. This is true in the physical sphere. What does it mean that God has removed our sins from us as far as the east is from the west (Psalm 103:12)? If the soul be kept, all is kept. He shall preserve thy soul; or, keep thy soul. Christians believe in good. Salem Media Group. made the *heaven (the sky and the stars) and the earth. They are but God's instruments for our good. Let us be found in our work, assured that the blessings promised in this psalm are ours. The LORD keeps you from all harm and watches over your life. not in the *Hebrew Bible. Psalm 121 is categorized as one of the Songs of Ascent sung by pilgrims traveling to Jerusalem. The psalmist is, as it were, holding a colloquy with himself. But we need not miss the important fact that God's soul-keeping runs along with, and works through, our own soul-keeping. The true saving of a man for the life that now is involves the saving of the man for the life that is to come. there. But if God be ableas he isto impart that same and even greater inward happiness, peace, and joy by other means, and does so, as, blessed be his Name! v4 It is certain that he will not sleep. We have been taught to realize that God is Spirit, and dwells near us, as well as in the far-off mountains and in distant worlds. Look up, and you shall prove how God "wipes away all tears from our eyes."R.T. Psalms 121:2. (Students). 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. Sorrow has its snares, and so has joy. For man evil is calamity. If you are looking to the Lord for your help, He will preserve you from all evil. Most people in the world have no experience of lasting joy in their lives. Recognizes the relation of what he sees to his people. Most modern critics regard this clause as interrogative, and translate, "Whence is it that my help shall come?" They knew their strength and their help. He will keep your soul. Psalm 121:7 (CEBA) good or prosperous foot. It is almighty wisdom that contrives, and almighty power that works the safety of those that put themselves under God's protection. III. The Lord will protect you from all danger; he will keep you safe. with someone). Since the colonial era, abolitionist writers turned to Psalm 121 as proof of Gods protection for enslaved people. 3. We think so much of the keeping of the body, and of a man's outward circumstances. 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. Let her influence over this earth be studied; it is more powerful than is generally known." Disaster, disease, disappointment, defeat, occupy man's thoughts, and are, properly enough, from his point of view, classed as evils. 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. "*Protect The Lord himself shall see to if, whether during the heat of the day or the chill of the night, it matters not. All kinds of evil. We need to be kept of God. Psalm 121:7 (ESV) The influence of the world begets a downward look, a sort of set of the eyes and heart downwards. 2. by avowing God to be the helper, of whose ability His creative power is a pledge ( Psalms 115:15 ), to which. in The Word of the Lord, as the Targum. My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth. Not the universal, but the general rule. In whatever special circumstances, or for whatever particular occasion, this psalm may have been written, it is certain that it is admirably suited to suggest New Year's thoughts to our minds. He had kept it; they might be sure that he would keep it. The same verb is used throughout. (He will do this) now and always. The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. One thing about them is suggested by our textthey make us look up. fall". 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. THE CREATOR OF THE UNIVERSE IS THE PROVIDENCE OF THIS WORLD. Psalms 121:3. Every Christian faces challenges. 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. you when you go out. 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.". His sleepless vigilance is added. He II. (The Lord shall keep thee safe from all evil; yea, the Lord shall keep thee safe.). Illustrations may be taken from the wilderness-journey of Israel. Which made heaven and earth; i.e. It is only an agency for securing evil or good. 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. It never ceases but it is replenished every dawn (Lamentations 3:2223). And for ourselves the promise holds good. 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. hurting you". He then proceeds to cheer himself with assurances of God's sleepless care and protection. Genesis The general conduct and occupation of a man in his varied affairs are what is meant in all these passages. What does I lift my eyes to the hills mean? We can count on the constancy of his care. The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil; he shall preserve thy soul. Believe it. "Certain" is another word for "sure". Jehovah will keep thee from all evil; he will keep thy soul. protects you ~ stops people hurting or killing you . Taking the second idea, we come upon God's continued interest in, and care for, the new life he has quickened in our souls. Why are there different names for Jesus? 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. The Lord keep thee from all evil; the Lord keep thy soul. to be moved--(Compare Psalms 38:16 , 66:9 ). 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." The Israelites faced tremendous dangers as they scaled the hills around Jerusalem to come to religious festivals. 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. dangerous places. Psalm 121:38 continues the theme of God's protection of His people. Instead, there was danger! The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. Mr. Martin says, "Of the effects of the moon on animal life very many instances could be cited. Psalms 121:8 The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in (comp. THE MOUNTAINS CAN DIRECT US WHERE TO FIND HELP AND SAFETY. God's care for us will not suffer him to sleep or become indifferent to us. Psalm 121:7 (RSV) v4 It is certain that 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). v2 My help comes from The pilgrim lifts up his eyes to the hills, and is satisfied that help is coming to him. is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. 39:5 Genesis Business man is world-absorbed. Yahweh will keep you from all evil. The LORD will protect you from all evil; God will protect your very life. 39:23 ) . "I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills," etc. Shall I depend upon the strength of the hills? The LORD will keep you from all evil; he will keep your life. Little slips into inexactness or untruthfulness. And he wants to help you through lifes most difficult circumstances. "All things are naked and open unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do." My help comes from the LORD, who made heaven and earth. The one that *guards you will not sleep. Wow! Behold, He who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep. Psalm 121:7 (RSVA) If you travelled from home to Jerusalem, you would go through heaven ~ here it means "the sky and all the Whereas verse 3 suggests your Guardian will not slumber now, verse 4 stresses Israels Guardian will never slumber nor sleep. He "will not slumber," etc. Far from the busy crowd. He is a wakeful, watchful Keeper; he is never weary; he not only does not sleep, but he does not so much as slumber. Psalm 121 answers this question for us. How powerfully we are all drawn by world-interests! All sins shall be forgiven, except the sin against the Holy Ghost; for Jesus will save all except the sons of perdition. The LORD guards you from every evil. Psalm 121:1-2 I lift up my eyes to the mountains where does my help come from? 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