We need to be kept of God. 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. Jehovah will keep thee from all evil; he will keep thy soul. This may be applied to the national life of Israel. The moon may very well be taken as the type of the secret, subtle, insidious perils of the godly life; and these are chiefly to be dreaded. He is a wakeful, watchful Keeper; he is never weary; he not only does not sleep, but he does not so much as slumber. Slang to arrest. 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. 30:30); and such a foot Joseph had wherever he went, ( "me", "my" or "I". Should Christians Play the Charlie Charlie Game? The official youth channel for pursueGOD.org. Our Lord sought seclusion among the hills of Eastern Galilee, and entered into the Divine glory on a spur of Hermon. Yahwehs guardianship means that he ensures our perseverance. It is a time congregations grant clergy as a period of rest and reflection to take leave of ones responsibilities. Or illustrate from the sick-bed of the sufferer. Psalm 121:7 (TMB) It is this down-looking that makes us so weak. Psalms 120 Psalms 122 Old Testament Genesis Exodus Leviticus Numbers Deuteronomy Joshua Judges Ruth 1 Samuel 2 Samuel 1 Kings 2 Kings 1 Chronicles More insights from your Bible study - Get Started with Logos Bible Software for Free! Use the scale on the left to tell how often the verses below are googled compared to each other. "*Protect you" means "stop people All sins shall be forgiven, except the sin against the Holy Ghost; for Jesus will save all except the sons of perdition. 1. What does I lift my eyes to the hills mean? 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. 3. s guardianship also means he is constantly watching over our souls (verses 3b4). It has been remarked by a learned Bible scholar that part of the common complaints which are often brought against our English Bible is really owing to the likes and dislikes as to the usage of words in which we English people allow ourselves. He will be present to defend us everywhere. There is a very simple message here: God never sleeps, slumbers or naps. Psalms 121:2. Its important to realize that every person will face challenges in their lives, especially Christians. The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul.. This is what it means to lift our eyes to the hills. 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. Buchanan, writing with the Cuchullin hills all about him, says. The Lord will keep you from all evil; he will keep your life. Home | About | Contact | Copyright | Privacy | Cookie Policy | Terms & Conditions | Sitemap. Are we to give up our faith in the blessed guardianship of God, and to consign to the category of credulity the trust which this psalm encourages? Psalm 121:7 (NLT) Look in Psalm 120 about the covenant. "In every place, beholding the evil and the good.". How "the cares of this world" need to be guarded against, and "the deceitfulness of riches" also! Do not put your hope today in yourself, for were it not for God, you would surely slip. This is the second of the series of psalms which are titled A Song of Ascents. Our real self is not harmed, the Lord is our Keeper, as he said. We think evil to be that which injuriously affects our circumstances; God sees evil as that which injuriously affects us. The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. WE MUST LIFT OURSELVES UP IN THE WHOLE POWER OF OUR BEING TO REALIZE GOD'S NEARNESS TO HELP US. word list at the end explains all the words that have a *star by them. Quotes available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. 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. I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. "Some trust in horses, and some in chariots," and some in mountains; "but we will trust in the Name of the Lord. His concern for the material life does but illustrate his care for the spiritual life ("This is the will of God, even our sanctification"). "This God is our God forever and ever, he will be our guide even unto death" (Psalms 48:14). And how we need to be kept amid our daily work and business! Illustrations may be taken from the wilderness-journey of Israel. (Psalms 121:2.) And he wants to help you through lifes most difficult circumstances. We all face challenges. He then proceeds to cheer himself with assurances of God's sleepless care and protection. connection with him: such an one was Jacob in the house of Laban, 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. 5The Lord is thy keeper: the Lord is thy shade upon thy right hand. The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil; he shall preserve thy soul. Why are there different names for Jesus? This is the same God always sees in events that happen persons acting; and in their motives and moods and wills he sees evil or good. We naturally and rightly look to our kindred and to our friends for sympathy and succor. And they do good because, at bottom, they are lovers of good. 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 Lord will protect you from all danger; he will keep you safe. 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. v1 When I look up to IV. Taking the first idea, it may be shown that God's care of our natural life involves and includes all due provision for the thousandfold needs of that life. "Keep thy heart with all keepings, for out of it are the issues of life."R.T. We cannot think o, any place, however remote, or obscure, or humble, where he will not be with his defending, delivering hand. My help cometh from the Lord; literally, my help is from the Lord. The Lord will keep you safe from all evil; he will take care of your soul. Psalms 121:7 At first glance, Psalm 121:7 offers tremendous assurance. Along with ensuring our perseverance (verse 3a), the Lord God watches over your life from beginning to end. Yet even in respect of these we need the assurance of an outside and Divine protection. The psalmist is, as it were, holding a colloquy with himself. Might stood for right, and hence the "going out and coming in" of Israel in those days was ever attended with much peril. The first verse is a call to God in deep sorrow, from out of the depths or out of the deep, as it is translated in the King James Version of the Bible and the Coverdale translation (used in the Book of Common Prayer) respectively. I lift up my eyes to the hills where does my help come from? 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. But: 1. His gracious power will overshadow us at every step we take. Deu 28:6; 1 Samuel 29:6; Psalm 121:7 (MSG) God guards you from every evil, he guards your very life. John Calvin summarizes the message of Psalm 85 as follows. Psalm 121:7 (NRS) (Psalms 121:3-6.) 5. upon thy right hand--a protector's place ( Psalms 109:31 , 110:5 ). So, we probably did not misunderstand those verses. 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." Bible Gateway Psalm 91 :: NIV. For example, if you are a student, you might be having a difficult time with your parents, friends, or teachers right now. 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 Hebrew of verse 4 suggests a development from what precedes. 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. Most people in the world have no experience of lasting joy in their lives. Copyright 2023, Bible Study Tools. Psalm 121:7 (CSB) 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 will keep you from every kind of harm. But everything the world presents to us is below us, beneath us; and it so keeps us looking down that the habit of down-looking grows upon us, and we are almost unable to look up. 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. IV. The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore. He shall preserve thy soul; or, keep thy soul. It is all about the LORD. What mercy! Illustrate from the times of Lot. They do not remain with us; parents die; brothers and sisters are scattered far and wide; friends become estranged. that sustains. 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. Psalm 121:7 (NCV) The one that *guards Israel will never sleep. 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. (Students). From whence cometh my help. III. 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 This is more necessary in a watchman than keeping awake; he must be quick to observe, attentive, noticing everything. He who "made heaven and earth" (Psalms 121:2) can do anything, everything, for us. 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. Verse 2 begins with the second letter and so on. No; my confidence is in God only. 6-8. If you are looking to the Lord for your help, He will preserve you from all evil. The protection vouchsafed extends to all a man is and all a man does. After Gods people returned from the Babylonian captivity they were suffering new afflictions. Latin writers call the right side "latus aperture.". 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. Also, he would *protect This comes out plainly in Perowne's rendering, "Whence should my help come? I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills. It is only an agency for securing evil or good. v8 The *LORD *guards Let her influence over this earth be studied; it is more powerful than is generally known." Psalm 121:7 (WYC) The Lord will protect you from all harm; He will protect your life. Genesis; Exodus; Leviticus; Numbers; Deuteronomy; The psalmist is not promising the absence of pain or even failure. Thou shalt not be hurt, neither by the open assaults, nor by the secret attempts of thine enemies. you help. It was the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth and not the hills to whom they looked for help. Where is God when life gets hard? You would need someone to *protect you. 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. Jehovah will keep thee from all evil; He will keep thy soul. v2 My help comes from the *LORD. 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 will keep you safe from all evil; he will take care of your soul. Watch the video above and talk about it with a group or mentor. *LORD is a special name for God. How can you tell if God is trying to tell you something? Psalms 76-150, Holman Old Testament Commentary by Steven Lawson. 28:6 ) ; and such, with the poet F24, are said to go with a The LORD will protect you from all evil; He will keep your soul. An EasyEnglish Translation with Notes (about 1200 word Variations of the Hebrew root word for "keep" appear in verses 3, 4, 5, 7, and 8. All rights reserved. This last has sometimes been doubted, but the observation of modern travelers seems to show that bad effects actually fellow on sleeping in the moonlight in hot countries. He will be our Keeper, our Shade upon our right hand (Psalms 121:5). not in the *Hebrew Bible. There are 22 letters in the Hebrew alphabet. 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). Learn more. The Spirit, who is their Preserver and Comforter, shall abide with them for ever. you" means "stop somebody hurting you". 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. Elijah was calmed, and made himself again, by the soothing influences of Horeb, the mount of God. Psalm 121:7 (NIV) The sun and the moon. He will keep your soul. The translated Bible text has yet to go through Advanced THE PROMISE IS NOT FOR EVERY COMMUNITY, BUT FOR THE PEOPLE OF GOD. The LORD will protect you from all harm; He will protect your life. This page last updated: December 13, 2022. 2. "Certain" is another word for "sure". If the soul be kept, all is kept. 4. 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.". The LORD guards you from every evil. Psalm 121:7, KJV: The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. He is the one that *guards your life. I was surprised to find that the word combination depicting the stumbling step in verse 3 is never used in Scripture of physical falling. Dishonesty found out is evil. Beyond them he must look. THE GREATNESS OF OUR NEED. He dwelt in the mountain-group of Zion at Jerusalem, and in the other mountains of Israel. First, as a continuation of Gods grace in bringing the people back from captivity. Yet at the best no absolute security can be placed in any human watchman. Plead for his sustaining grace. vocabulary) on Psalm 121. Who do you turn to in times of crisis? THE MOON IS THE TYPE OF THE SECRET PERILS OF THE GODLY LIFE. Psalm 121:7 (CEBA) He When I thought, My foot slips, your steadfast love, O Yahweh, held me up.. Then God will I will lift up mine eyes--expresses desire (compare Psalms 25:1 ), mingled with expectation. He will keep your soul. But whatever be its form, our God can "keep" us true, pure, holy. TO OUR EXPERIENCES OF SORROW AND OF GLADNESS. 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