Too often we are just shortsighted. What does Psalm chapter 121 mean? We must see all our help in God; from him we must expect it, in his own way and time. The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil; he shall preserve thy soul. V. GOD'S ETERNAL CARE IS TO KEEP THE SOUL FROM EVILFROM ALL REAL EVIL. And in the New Jerusalem, one of its sweetest promises was that its people should "go no more out forever." OUR IDEA OF BEING KEPT AND GOD'S IDEA MAY BE VERY DIFFERENT. The Lord's promise to be with us forever keeps us from covetousness and fear (Hebrews 13:56). Bible Gateway Psalm 91 :: NIV. But in comparison with the soul's well-being, God counts these things as of no importance. Estimates the importance of what he sees. And I will execute great vengeance upon them, love the Lord your God with all your heart, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God, Properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e., guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc, Properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense), Properly, a breathing creature, i.e., animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental). The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul.. He shall preserve thy soul; or, keep thy soul. They appeal to both poetic and religious feeling. The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul ( Psalms 121:6-7 ). The LORD will preserve thee from all evil: he will preserve thy soul. There was no help in the you help. It is the steadfast love of the Lord What mercy! THE GREATNESS OF OUR NEED. Read full chapter. GOD SEES WHAT MAN MISSES. And how we need to be kept amid our daily work and business! 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 shall preserve thy going out, and thy coming in. Mountains have a peculiar power to solemnize and to impress us all; and precisely what they bring to us is that sense of God which assures of his love, and help, and lead.R.T. v1 When I look up to the hills I find no help there. is not this psalm actual fact? First, as a continuation of Gods grace in bringing the people back from captivity. The assurance rises from the particular to the general. Psalm 121 is the second of the fifteen Psalms of ascent (Psalm 120 to Psalm 134). The *LORD is near you to *protect you. It says that our help comes from God. 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. Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. Illustrate by the fact that the sunstroke is only an occasional peril. THE MOUNTAINS CAN DIRECT US WHERE TO FIND HELP AND SAFETY. connection with him: such an one was Jacob in the house of Laban, God's guardian care of His people celebrated. I. "All things are naked and open unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do." I was surprised to find that the word combination depicting the stumbling step in verse 3 is never used in Scripture of physical falling. What a holy power upon us the mountains have! I. II. Informal to make dishonest use of (another persons idea, writing, etc. The general conduct and occupation of a man in his varied affairs are what is meant in all these passages. Psalm 121:7 (TMB) Psalms 121:8. We will not do that, but we will reply, I. Psalm 121:7, NASB: The LORD will protect you from all evil; He will keep your soul. He is always near his people for their protection and refreshment. The one that *guards you will not sleep. : 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. good or prosperous foot. upon princes and great men? 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? "*Protect 2. I. The greater includes the less. How can you tell if God is trying to tell you something? Psalm 121:7 (CSB) The Psalms offer an important message to those who long for sleep in the midst of lifes anxious times. 7 The LORD will keep you from all evil; he will keep your life. But "the question is only asked to give more effect to the answer" (Cheyne). And is not that just what we need? Arama interprets it of a man's going out into the Psalm 130 is the 130th psalm of the Book of Psalms, one of the Penitential psalms. How powerfully we are all drawn by world-interests! And such persons, in the Punic language, The LORD will keep you from all evil; he will keep your life. heaven ~ here it means "the sky and all the The LORD will keep you from every kind of harm. He will take care that his people shall not fall. 10 million Ukrainians without power because of Russia. The Being who framed man's wonderful nature would naturally provide for its great wantsthe wants he had himself created. By his merciful defendings: "No plague shall come nigh thy dwelling." 2. Psalms 121:7. To succeed in earthly things we must engage the whole heart and powers in them. All sins shall be forgiven, except the sin against the Holy Ghost; for Jesus will save all except the sons of perdition. The sure confidence we have today that we will remain with God tomorrow is God himself. 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." 1. "Lord, art thou here? He would not only pay the price for the sins of Israel, but for the sin of the whole world. 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. 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. Our real self is not harmed, the Lord is our Keeper, as he said. Psalms 121:7 The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil; or, "keep thee." What promise! Psalms 121:7 At first glance, Psalm 121:7 offers tremendous assurance. Psalms 120 Psalms 122 Old Testament Genesis Exodus Leviticus Numbers Deuteronomy Joshua Judges Ruth 1 Samuel 2 Samuel 1 Kings 2 Kings 1 Chronicles His gracious power will overshadow us at every step we take. 1. The Lord will keep you safe from all evil; he will take care of your soul. The Lord We may not think that God estimates evil precisely as we do. Use the scale on the left to tell how often the verses below are googled compared to each other. 2. 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. The one that *guards Israel will never sleep. He guards your life. This psalm teaches us to comfort ourselves in the Lord, when difficulties and dangers are greatest. Evil takes many forms; it comes to us in every guise. Therefore we rest assured that the Lord will keep us flora all evil, he will keep our soul.S.C. dangerous places. guards you ~ stops people hurting or killing you . 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. God watches over your life from Look up; your brow will soon lose those wreathings of anxiety and care. "Certain" is another word for "sure". God has made our journeyings safe by means of what we call the inventions of science and the resources of civilization. Not for one small moment will he forget us; day and night we shall be the objects of his watchful love. This journey was dangerous, and we see that reflected in the opening words of the psalm. 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. so long as thou hast "goings out" and "comings in." 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. Now, in this beautiful psalm we have a notable instance of such different rendering. He "will not slumber," etc. A thousand things in common life, that seem to have no more Power of mischief in them than have the moonbeams. Should Christians Play the Charlie Charlie Game? And he wants to help you through lifes most difficult 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. the hills I find no help there. There is a very simple message here: God never sleeps, slumbers or naps. I have seen in Africa the newly littered young perish in a few hours, if exposed to the rays of the full moon. Recognizes the relation of what he sees to his people. The Lord shall preserve you from all evil; He shall preserve your soul. Looking up, listen; you may hear the voices of the hills saying, "Be still! "Our help cometh from the Lord."S.C. He who "made heaven and earth" (Psalms 121:2) can do anything, everything, for us. hills (verse 1). Jehovah will keep thee from all evil; He will keep thy soul. Behold, He who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.. The influence of the world begets a downward look, a sort of set of the eyes and heart downwards. 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." 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. He had kept it; they might be sure that he would keep it. Psalms 121:7. 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. Checking. 5. He will preserve the soul, that it be not defiled by sin, and disturbed by affliction; he will preserve it from perishing eternally. Psalm 121:5-6. From this time forth, and even forevermore; i.e. 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. Moses was helped to realize the power of Jehovah by the daily impressions of the huge, craggy, awful mountain forms of Sinai. Quarrelsomeness breaking friendship is evil. Psalm 121:7 (GW) How business life tends to absorb all time, all thought, all energy, so that scarce any are left for God! protects you ~ stops people hurting or killing you . not in the *Hebrew Bible. Context Summary. 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. By his wonderful overrulings, which constantly turn seeming evil into real and permanent good. The LORD will preserve thee from all evil: he will preserve thy soul. My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth. Those who trust and worship God may expect to pass through the valley of weeping. "thy defense." II. My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth. 2023 Caniry - All Rights Reserved *guarding you (verses 3, 4). he will not sleep. This publication is written in EasyEnglish Level A (1200 words). v4 It is certain that KING JAMES VERSION (KJV) TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT. Looking up, you see how earth-clouds are glorified. 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. Are we so kept as this psalm promisesnot the mere godless crowd, but the company of God's faithful ones: does the Lord keep them, as is here said, 'from all evil'?" Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse. Much of self, of man, and of things. Which made heaven and earth; i.e. WE MUST LIFT OURSELVES UP IN THE WHOLE POWER OF OUR BEING TO REALIZE GOD'S NEARNESS TO HELP US. with someone). 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. Looking up, you find nothing of man'sit is all of God up above. Whereas verse 3 suggests your Guardian will not slumber now, verse 4 stresses Israels Guardian will never slumber nor sleep. But we need not miss the important fact that God's soul-keeping runs along with, and works through, our own soul-keeping. It is all about the LORD. The LORD will keep you from all evil. vocabulary) on Psalm 121. 1. "I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills," etc. God knows, and can help him to defend himself from the peril. My help comes from the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth. 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. And their experience reminds us of some important truths. What does it mean that God has removed our sins from us as far as the east is from the west (Psalm 103:12)? 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. 2. 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. God agreed to *protect his 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. Psalm 121:7 (NCV) It is almighty wisdom that contrives, and almighty power that works the safety of those that put themselves under God's protection. II. covenant ~ two people have agreed what each should do 5The Lord is thy keeper: the Lord is thy shade upon thy right hand. These were the chief dangers of travelers, whether pilgrims or others. Dont forget him. Psalms 121:8 The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore. "Shall neither slumber nor sleep." We cannot think o, any place, however remote, or obscure, or humble, where he will not be with his defending, delivering hand. (here, God and his people). - We must not rely upon men and means, instruments and second causes. All of our resources exist to guide you toward everlasting joy in Jesus Christ. This same God is the One from Whom our help comes. And for ourselves the promise holds good. The one duty of the watchman is to keep ever, through his watching-time, awake and alert. The LORD is thy keeper: the LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand. 8 The LORD will keep your going out and your coming in from this time forth and forevermore (Psalm 121:7-8). Jehovah preserveth thee from all evil, He doth preserve thy soul. Popularity relative to other verses in Psalm chapter 121 using average monthly Google searches. And they do good because, at bottom, they are lovers of good. He does not faint or grow weary (Isaiah 40:28). The one that *guards you will not sleep. v1 When I look up to We must look beyond our circumstances, beyond the immediate concerns, beyond the enemies that surround us. This psalm teaches us to comfort ourselves in the Lord, when difficulties and dangers are greatest. They teach us to look up. TO THE MORNING AND EVENING OF LIFE. The hurry and bustle of thousands who are hasting to be rich. The Word of the Lord, as the Targum. People that robbed you hid in the "All evil." California - Do Not Sell My Personal Information. 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. 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. 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 He will watch over your life. 3. The Lord will keep you from all evil; he will keep your life. 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 shall preserve thee from all evil; he shall preserve thy soul. This is more necessary in a watchman than keeping awake; he must be quick to observe, attentive, noticing everything. Psalm 121:7 (HNV) A STRONG, DEEP SENSE OF DEPENDENCE ON GOD IMPLANTED IN US. God always sees in events that happen persons acting; and in their motives and moods and wills he sees evil or good. What does Psalm 121 verse 8 mean? We naturally and rightly look to our kindred and to our friends for sympathy and succor. 5. upon thy right hand--a protector's place ( Psalms 109:31 , 110:5 ). fall". He is the one that *guards your life. What does I lift my eyes to the hills mean? 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. This is the same He guards your life. PSALM 121:7. Thee Lord shall preserve them from all evil. "The Lord shall keep thy going out and thy coming in." Information based on Strong's Exhaustive Concordance[1]. 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. 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. This may be applied to the national life of Israel. v6 The sun will not Psalms 121:8. Psalm 121:1-2 I lift up my eyes to the mountains where does my help come from? He *guards The voice calls continually, "Lift up your heads, for your redemption draweth nigh!". (The Lord shall keep thee safe from all evil; yea, the Lord shall keep thee safe.). Hence blessed are they who are in God's holy keeping in all the goings out and comings in of daily life! Which Is More Stable Thiophene Or Pyridine? The official youth channel for pursueGOD.org. It is a time congregations grant clergy as a period of rest and reflection to take leave of ones responsibilities. Psalm 121:38 continues the theme of God's protection of His people. This psalm teaches us to comfort ourselves in the Lord, when difficulties and dangers are greatest. III. (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 To report dead links, typos, or html errors or suggestions about making these resources more useful use the convenient. 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. Illustrations may be taken from the wilderness-journey of Israel. He constantly watches over his own. The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil; or, "keep thee." The theme of Psalm 121 is God's care of His people. The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil; He shall preserve thy soul. 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. No; my confidence is in God only. 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 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. Its important to realize that every person will face challenges in their lives, especially Christians. I will lift up mine eyes--expresses desire (compare Psalms 25:1 ), mingled with expectation. He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber. II. you" means "stop somebody hurting you". "He that keepeth thee will not slumber." THE GENERAL RULE OF GOD'S PROVIDENTIAL CARE IS AS HERE SET FORTH. Maybe its a friend or your mom. And the mountains still soothe and calm God's people. Hence whilst the idea of "going out" suggested only what was sad, that of "coming in," the return from exile, was full of joy. Learn more. Then God will The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. It can be through Scripture, sermons, articles, podcasts, or any other means He chooses. Disaster, disease, disappointment, defeat, occupy man's thoughts, and are, properly enough, from his point of view, classed as evils. Plead for his sustaining grace. The same verb is used throughout. Even in the sanctuary they drop on bills and stock and trade. Is it Jesus or Yeshua? hills. Man's enterprise may bring him into situations of bodily danger. My help cometh from the Lord; literally, my help is from the Lord. THE EVER-WATCHFUL WATCHMAN UNDERSTANDS. He will not suffer thy foot to be moved. 30:30); and such a foot Joseph had wherever he went, ( Jehovah will keep thee from all evil; He will keep thy soul. It is a protection for life. 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. 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. He is able and willing to make "all grace abound" unto "all-sufficiency." Salem Media Group. He will keep your soul. Psalms 76-150, Holman Old Testament Commentary by Steven Lawson. The Lord will keep you from all evil; he will keep your life. 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. It might have been written by a Daniel, as he sat at his open window, and looked away over the broad, fiat plains of Babylon toward the distant mountain-land of Israel. It was the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth and not the hills to whom they looked for help. He never sleeps, so he never stops there. 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. 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 Lord is your shade at your right hand; 6 the sun will not harm you by day, nor the moon by night. Metrically, the psalm falls into four stanzas of four lines each. There are 22 letters in the Hebrew alphabet. The Lord shall keep thee inwardly and outwardly soul and body alike, from all evil and in all thy ways. Psalm 121:7 (NAS) We must not only look around, but above, must "lift up our eyes to the hills, from whence cometh our help," for our "help cometh from the Lord" (Psalms 121:1, Psalms 121:2). God watches over your life from beginning to end. The Lord keep thee from all evil; the Lord keep thy soul. and goes, things prosper with him, and with those that are in you as you go out and on your way home, (verse 8). The story of Psalm 121 is in the note on Psalm 120. The translated Bible text has yet to go through Advanced Absolute security of defense lies in God, and we may fully trust in him. I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills. The sun strikes the man who is in a physical condition to receive the stroke. v3 He will not let your foot *slide. They look for good. Meat, when exposed to the moonbeams, becomes quickly tainted. 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. Look again at what we read in verse 2. 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. Psalm 121:7 (NIRV) The LORD keeps watch over you as you come and go, both now and forever. My help comes from the LORD, who made heaven and earth. What is the context of Psalms 121:7? (120-7) The Lord keepeth thee from all evil: may the Lord keep thy soul. Little slips into inexactness or untruthfulness. All kinds of evil. "me", "my" or "I". "*Protect you" means "stop people It has, indeed, no moral quality that he can recognize. 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. If you are looking to the Lord for your help, He will preserve you from all evil. THE CREATOR WOULD NOT ONLY HAVE THE POWER, BUT THE DESIRE, THE DISPOSITION, TO HELP THE CHILD OF HIS LOVE. Only when he looks beyond them do they become his security; for then God makes them such. Look up, and grow strong. The Lord himself shall see to if, whether during the heat of the day or the chill of the night, it matters not. Psalm 121:7 (MSG) As asserted in Psalm 94:1618: Who stands up for me against evil doers? Makes what he sees the ground of his prompt and gracious action in their behalf. 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. We go out in the morning refreshed, vigorous, full of conscious power, and in some peril of stir-reliance. He shall preserve thy soul; or, keep thy soul. And when some terrible catastrophe occurs, as from time to time is the case, still, if we be of God's Israel, we are kept: "He shall preserve thy soul." This page last updated: December 13, 2022. Worn out, the nurse may fall asleep, but the eye of the God of all consolation is never dimmed (see Psalms 139:1-24.). evermore--includes a future state. word list at the end explains all the words that have a *star by them. 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. The one that *guards Israel will never sleep. The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. This comes out plainly in Perowne's rendering, "Whence should my help come? It has been proved, beyond a doubt, that the moon smites as well as the sun, causing blindness for a time, and even the distortion of the features. whom the Lord blessed, as he says, "since my coming", or at "my The LORD will keep you from all evil; he will keep your life. Remain dependent on him. "He shall keep thy soul." "Not let your foot slip" (verse 3) means "not let you travelling; in all affairs, civil and religious; and not only I lift up my eyes to the hills where does my help come from? "In every place, beholding the evil and the good.". I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. God will keep him then. Psalm 121:7 (ASV) And this assurance carried with it the confidence that God's defense and blessing were still upon the restored nation. Psalm 121:7 (GNT) The psalmist is not promising the absence of pain or even failure. We need to be kept of God. 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