My help comes from the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth. The Lord will protect you from all harm; He will protect your life. 6. Psalm 121:1-2 I lift up my eyes to the mountains where does my help come from? II. Psalm 121 The God Who Keeps and Helps. Coup de soleil was feared by day, and the deleterious influence of the moon's rays by night. The Targum is. AS APPLYING TO THE WHOLE OF OUR ACTIVE LIFE. 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. Thank him. Psalm 121:7, NASB: The LORD will protect you from all evil; He will keep your soul. Psalm 121:7 (KJVA) 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. of Psalms 121:8. Warren Wiersbe describes the Valley of Baca as any difficult and painful place in life, where everything seems hopeless and you feel helpless, like the pit of despair. First, as a continuation of Gods grace in bringing the people back from captivity. THE MOUNTAINS CAN DIRECT US WHERE TO FIND HELP AND SAFETY. More insights from your Bible study - Get Started with Logos Bible Software for Free! Since the colonial era, abolitionist writers turned to Psalm 121 as proof of Gods protection for enslaved people. Oh, to lose the downward look which has so grown upon us by the pressure of life-cares! "But"so ask not a few"is all that true? 2. But to pass on to what is of more importance, the truth itself of God's sure keeping, let us. Psalm 121 is a treasure of promise for the suffering believer, whose help comes from the Lord (verse 2). He is always there to give air of this world, and of his entrance into the world to come. Consequently, some of the things which we call evil God does not so call, because their influence on us is good. The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil; He shall preserve thy soul. He will guard us from all forms of evil. And what do we see when we look down? 4. Jehovah will keep thee from all evil; He will keep thy soul. 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. The Lord shall preserve thy going out, and thy coming in. 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. But we can see him only from the heights of the soul. to be moved--(Compare Psalms 38:16 , 66:9 ). We ask the question: who is 'the LORD'? They do not remain with us; parents die; brothers and sisters are scattered far and wide; friends become estranged. Psalms 121:8. 13 tr to perform a face-lift on. What, then, would be any man's hope of preserving moral health and safety, if we might not cherish the assurance of the psalmist, that God understands all secret perils that gather about us, and will not let the moon smite us by night? Remain dependent on him. Yahwehs guardianship means that he ensures our perseverance. The one duty of the watchman is to keep ever, through his watching-time, awake and alert. With him is all power. Words in brackets, ( ), are If you are looking to the Lord for your help, He will preserve you from all evil. V. GOD'S ETERNAL CARE IS TO KEEP THE SOUL FROM EVILFROM ALL REAL EVIL. THE SUN IS THE TYPE OF THE OPEN PERILS OF THE GODLY LIFE. 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. His gracious power will overshadow us at every step we take. This psalm teaches us to comfort ourselves in the Lord, when difficulties and dangers are greatest. hurt you in the day, Might stood for right, and hence the "going out and coming in" of Israel in those days was ever attended with much peril. GOD-DRAWN, WE LOOK UP, AND SO GROW STRONG. The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore. Psalm 121:7 (NAS) All rights reserved. What does the psalmist mean when he says, I lift my eyes to the hills (Psalm 121:1). Psalm 121:7 (LEB) Psalm 121:7 (ESV) I was surprised to find that the word combination depicting the stumbling step in verse 3 is never used in Scripture of physical falling. "me", "my" or "I". We think evil to be that which injuriously affects our circumstances; God sees evil as that which injuriously affects us. Maybe its a friend or your mom. 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. v2 My help comes from the *LORD. "He that keepeth thee will not slumber." "Shall neither slumber nor sleep." Far from the busy crowd. The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil; he shall preserve thy soul. Men) , which signifies "his good" or "pleasant foot" 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. We naturally and rightly look to our kindred and to our friends for sympathy and succor. Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse. 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. 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. God agreed to *protect his And they do good because, at bottom, they are lovers of good. See Psalm 121:7 with its adjacent verses in bold below. He does not faint or grow weary (Isaiah 40:28). 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. Along with ensuring our perseverance (verse 3a), the Lord 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. He will take care that his people shall not fall. After Gods people returned from the Babylonian captivity they were suffering new afflictions. We must look beyond our circumstances, beyond the immediate concerns, beyond the enemies that surround us. Protection was especially needed on the right hand, as the side which no shield guarded. THE PROMISE IS NOT FOR EVERY COMMUNITY, BUT FOR THE PEOPLE OF GOD. to be the contraction of (wmep My help comes from the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth.". 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 The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil; He shall preserve thy soul. he will not sleep. 2 My help cometh from the LORD : who hath made heaven and earth. It is a revelation to us to discover that God's supreme interest is not in eyelets, as ours is. 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? Plead for his sustaining grace. God does not sleephis vigilance is unceasing (comp. Who do you turn to in times of crisis? Just because you follow God, it doesnt mean that you will not face tough times in life. The one that *guards you will not sleep. We'll send you an email with steps on how to reset your password. He is a wakeful, watchful Keeper; he is never weary; he not only does not sleep, but he does not so much as slumber. The LORD will protect you from all harm; He will protect your life. 5. Which made heaven and earth; i.e. (See verses 2 - 7.) What does it mean that God has removed our sins from us as far as the east is from the west (Psalm 103:12)? 2. says the word signifies a man of a good foot: and the word seems GOD MISSES WHAT MAN SEES. your foot *slide. Much of self, of man, and of things. Looking up, listen; you may hear the voices of the hills saying, "Be still! Psalm 121:5-6. God helps every Christian in tough times. We will not do that, but we will reply, I. He *guards you from dangers that you know about. The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. IV. Psalm 121:7 (GNT) evermore--includes a future state. But God does not call calamity evil. "Our help cometh from the Lord."S.C. 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. Quarrelsomeness breaking friendship is evil. Hashem shall preserve thee from kol rah; He shall preserve thy nefesh. After personally celebrating Yahwehs guardianship in verses 12, the TO OUR EXPERIENCES OF SORROW AND OF GLADNESS. God's people are, after all, the happiest people under the sun. Psalm 121:7 (WEB) Psalms 121:7. His sleepless vigilance is added. 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. The one that *guards you will not sleep. I. God keeps His people at all times and in all perils. "The darkness and the light are both alike to him."R.T. Look to him at any hour in the light or in the night. Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. This appears to be a prayer of the Jews in their captivity, who are solicitous for their restoration. v8 The *LORD *guards Read full chapter. I will lift up my eyes to the mountains; From where shall my help come? Psalm 121:7, CSB: The Lord will Lament Psalms. God watches over your life from beginning to end. Or, we must lift up our eyes above the hills; we must look to God who makes all earthly things to us what they are. Its important to realize that every person will face challenges in their lives, especially Christians. When the psalmist declared, therefore, He will not allow your foot to slip, he was most likely speaking of the perseverance of the saints. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. What does Psalms 121 mean? What are we to say? whom the Lord blessed, as he says, "since my coming", or at "my But the man does not know the peril of his physical condition. v1 When I look up to 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. It is a time congregations grant clergy as a period of rest and reflection to take leave of ones responsibilities. California - Do Not Sell My Personal Information. Psalm 121:7 (RHE) Many calamitous, or what appear calamitous, events to us are not evils in the sight of tied, but, under his control, issue in our eternal good.S. We shall best appreciate it if we consider. The general conduct and occupation of a man in his varied affairs are what is meant in all these passages. "which is omnipotent.". "This God is our God forever and ever, he will be our guide even unto death" (Psalms 48:14). II. PSALM 121:7. (120-7) The Lord keepeth thee from all evil: may the Lord keep thy soul. (120-7) The Lord keepeth thee from all evil: may the Lord keep thy soul. The LORD will keep you from every kind of harm. 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.. Psalms 121:8 The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in (comp. THE "COMING IN" OF LIFE MAY INDICATE ITS PASSIVITIES AND QUIET RELATION-strips. What is the value of all God's providential mercies, his blessed keeping of us in health and external well-beingwhat is the value of it except for the effect it has upon our minds? Watch the video above and talk about it with a group or mentor. 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. Follow the buttons in the right-hand column for detailed definitions and verses that use the same root words. It is his *covenant name. How can you tell if God is trying to tell you something? The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. Now the verses in Psalms are pretty straightforward, verse 4 says, God will neither slumber nor sleep. 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. But because of his ever-sustaining mercy, your faith will remain. An EasyEnglish Translation with Notes (about 1200 word Yahweh will protect you from all evil; he will protect your life. "All evil." 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). Psalm 121:7 (ASV) Psalm 121:7 (NRS) The LORD will protect you from all evil; God will protect your very life. The Lord will protect you from all harm; He will protect your life. 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. Now, even in this literal sense, the promise was no mean one. This psalm gives us a picture of a Christian pilgrim with a deep longing for God finding the greatest blessedness in his journey being the worship of the Lord. God guards you from every evil, he guards your very life. Yahweh is always awake, always aware, and always watching over his children. 30:30); and such a foot Joseph had wherever he went, ( Psalm 121:7 (CEBA) II. Uncertainties; possibly some very great joy, or some overwhelming sorrow, or some very sore perplexity, or even the last experience of death. Yet even in respect of these we need the assurance of an outside and Divine protection. protects you ~ stops people hurting or killing you . 2. the hills I find no help there. 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. They are but God's instruments for our good. Slang to arrest. Verse 2 begins with the second letter and so on. Every Christian faces challenges. 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. Bible Gateway Psalm 91 :: NIV. The Lord himself shall see to if, whether during the heat of the day or the chill of the night, it matters not. Praise to God for His gracious acts. And how we need to be kept amid our daily work and business! 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. "Lord, art thou here? Salem Media Group. A STRONG, DEEP SENSE OF DEPENDENCE ON GOD IMPLANTED IN US. He dwelt in the mountain-group of Zion at Jerusalem, and in the other mountains of Israel. 3. Yet at the best no absolute security can be placed in any human watchman. Is this Jehovah or Yahweh or YHWH or Yahua? Metrically, the psalm falls into four stanzas of four lines each. II. 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). 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. Believe it. Is it Jesus or Yeshua? The LORD will keep you from all harm he will watch over your life; The Lord shall preserve you from all evil; He shall preserve your soul. This journey was dangerous, and we see that reflected in the opening words of the psalm. Psalm 121:7 (WBT) 2. 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. The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. The one that *guards Israel will never sleep. Latin writers call the right side "latus aperture.". 28:6 ) ; and such, with the poet F24, are said to go with a "I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills," etc. (here, God and his people). He shall preserve thy soul; or, keep thy soul. To succeed in earthly things we must engage the whole heart and powers in them. Use the scale on the left to tell how often the verses below are googled compared to each other. "*Protect The LORD guards you from every evil. He will keep your soul. 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. Where is God when life gets hard? Why are there different names for Jesus? "Thy shade" means "thy protection." Psalm 121 answers this question for us. The LORD will protect you from all evil; He will keep your soul. In transacting all the business of life, in going in and out We think so much of the keeping of the body, and of a man's outward circumstances. He had kept it; they might be sure that he would keep it. Information based on Strong's Exhaustive Concordance[1]. Psalm 121:7 (BBE) one that *guards you from all danger. I. Psalm 121:7 (KJV) Read the psalm and change "you" or "your" to He *guards 2. 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." If he were but free from the answering of his moral evil, nothing that could happen would be a real calamity.R.T. THE GENERAL RULE OF GOD'S PROVIDENTIAL CARE IS AS HERE SET FORTH. Or illustrate from the sick-bed of the sufferer. "With his dear Son he freely gives us all things." III. Five kinds of psalms include praise, wisdom, royal, thanksgiving, and lament. The one that *guards Israel will never sleep. And in the New Jerusalem, one of its sweetest promises was that its people should "go no more out 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.). Proud member We all face challenges. But there was someone to send help: the *LORD! Use this table to get a word-for-word translation of the original Hebrew Scripture. Jehovah preserveth thee from all evil, He doth preserve thy soul. The LORD will protect you from all evil; He will keep your soul. A man may be overpowered with sleep, and be physically unable to resist its advances. people if they obeyed him. ", II. And it is the fact for most thoughtfully disposed persons, that more help is gained for pious meditation from mountain districts than from the changeableness of the sea, or the varying but ever-gentle beauty of the landscapes. 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. The Lord will protect you from all danger; he will keep you safe. Would we but stop and hush awhile, we might hear it always near us, saying, "Look up! There was no help in the The LORD will protect you from all evil; God will protect your very life. 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. And the peace of and your minds in Christ Jesus. The Lord will protect you from all dangers; he will guard your life. 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 a protection for life. The Israelites faced tremendous dangers as they scaled the hills around Jerusalem to come to religious festivals. This page last updated: December 13, 2022. Domestic woman is world-absorbed. Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. 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. There are luxuries, listlessnesses, selfishnesses, of our very resting-times; rod we need God for our coming in lest the self or self-indulgence should gain undue power over us.R.T. THE MOON IS THE TYPE OF THE SECRET PERILS OF THE GODLY LIFE. The LORD will keep you from all evil. A THE "GOING OUT" OF LIFE MAY INDICATE ITS ACTIVITIES AND ENTERPRISES. 1 I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills : from whence cometh my help. Psalms 121:8 The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore. The hurry and bustle of thousands who are hasting to be rich. This is more necessary in a watchman than keeping awake; he must be quick to observe, attentive, noticing everything. The LORD will keep you from all evil. But the encouraging this is that God is here to help you through your challenges. v1 When I look up to the hills I find no help there. guards you ~ stops people hurting or killing you . Use this reference information to gain deeper insight into the Bible and enrich your understanding. The Lord shall prevent the evil thou fearest, and sanctify, remove, or lighten the evil thou feelest. How business life tends to absorb all time, all thought, all energy, so that scarce any are left for God! (He will do this) now and always. He will not allow your foot to slip; He who keeps you will not slumber. good or prosperous foot. What promise! Words in boxes are from the Bible. The Lord will keep you from all evil; he will keep your life. He will keep your soul. No; my confidence is in God only. This page was last modified on September 15, 2017, at 5:16 AM. 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 Then God will "He shall keep thy soul." dangerous places. The Hebrew of verse 4 suggests a development from what precedes. Copyright 2002-2023 Got Questions Ministries. Psalm 121:7 (GNTA) So, verse 1 begins with the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet. you help. What mercy! The LORD will keep you from all evil; he will keep your life. THE GREATNESS OF OUR NEED. Yahweh will keep you from all evil. 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. 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