New American Standard Bible Chapter Parallel Psalm 121:7 (NAS) The LORD will protect you from all evil; He What does Psalm 121 verse 8 mean? 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. 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). Men) , which signifies "his good" or "pleasant foot" about it; in all ways, works, and conversation; in journeying and The Lord will protect you from all harm; He will protect your life. Context Summary. Jehovah will keep thee from all evil; he will keep thy soul. Praise to God for His gracious acts. He guards your life. Read full chapter. Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. Consequently, some of the things which we call evil God does not so call, because their influence on us is good. 5. upon thy right hand--a protector's place ( Psalms 109:31 , 110:5 ). The LORD will preserve thee from all evil: he will preserve thy soul. Thats good, but understand that God is here to help you too. he will not sleep. 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 is a wakeful, watchful Keeper; he is never weary; he not only does not sleep, but he does not so much as slumber. Psalm 121:7 (NIRV) He had kept it; they might be sure that he would keep it. And the shadow of God's curse on sin resting everywhere. Uncertainties; possibly some very great joy, or some overwhelming sorrow, or some very sore perplexity, or even the last experience of death. By his wonderful overrulings, which constantly turn seeming evil into real and permanent good. Look up; your brow will soon lose those wreathings of anxiety and care. Arama interprets it of a man's going out into the v8 The *LORD *guards v4 It is certain that Evil takes many forms; it comes to us in every guise. Amazing Promises. Proud member He will keep your soul. v4 It is certain that he will not sleep. This comes out plainly in Perowne's rendering, "Whence should my help come? In this "God's thoughts are not as our thoughts." Psalm 121:7 (MSG) God guards you from every evil, he guards your very life. 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." Psalm 121:7 (YLT) All rights reserved. Buchanan, writing with the Cuchullin hills all about him, says. God will keep him then. Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. Jesus said, "I am always with you" (Matthew 28:20). He will watch over your life. Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. Informal to take unlawfully or dishonourably; steal. He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. THE INSUFFICIENCY OF HUMAN HELP. "I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills," etc. He will not allow your foot to slip; He who keeps you will not slumber. Psalms 121:8. is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. Christians believe in good. The Being who framed man's wonderful nature would naturally provide for its great wantsthe wants he had himself created. Psalm 121:7 (KJV) A (120-7) The Lord keepeth thee from all evil: may the Lord keep thy soul. the Lord is your shade at your right hand; 6 the sun will not harm you by day, nor the moon by night. 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. A man may be overpowered with sleep, and be physically unable to resist its advances. What does it mean that my help comes from the Lord (Psalm 121:2)? Isaiah 27:3). 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. There have been and there are exceptions, but taking the history of God's people in all ages, and looking at their average experience, may we not cryIt is well with the righteous; the Lord is their Keeper? THE SUN IS THE TYPE OF THE OPEN PERILS OF THE GODLY LIFE. Psalm 121:7 (NAS) made the *heaven (the sky and the stars) and the earth. 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. Learn more. No doubt our translators did their best to find synonymswords, that is, which though, different in sound, have the same sensestill the senses so given are only similar, and may not be seen by ordinary readers to be so similar as it was thought they were. First, as a continuation of Gods grace in bringing the people back from captivity. THE CREATOR WOULD NOT ONLY HAVE THE POWER, BUT THE DESIRE, THE DISPOSITION, TO HELP THE CHILD OF HIS LOVE. Psalm 121:7 (NRS) II. 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. v3 He will not let your foot *slide. The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul.. 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. The translated Bible text has yet to go through Advanced I lift up my eyes to the hills where does my help come from? The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. Genesis John Calvin summarizes the message of Psalm 85 as follows. (He will do this) now and always. Psalms 121:7. 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. the *LORD. "All things are naked and open unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do." Even in the sanctuary they drop on bills and stock and trade. But the phrase used rather implies that these will never cease. THE GREATNESS OF OUR NEED. But because of his ever-sustaining mercy, your faith will remain. 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. Do not fear him, declares the LORD, for I am with you, to save you and to deliver you from his hand.. THE MOUNTAINS CAN DIRECT US WHERE TO FIND HELP AND SAFETY. The LORD will keep you from every kind of harm. I. He will keep your soul. God has often refreshed his fainting servants with the sight of his everlasting hills. Consider and hear me, O LORD my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death; Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; and those that trouble me rejoice when I am moved. Look up, and you shall prove how God "wipes away all tears from our eyes."R.T. And if we truly desire it, the Lord will keep our going out and our coming in, in this sense also. The pilgrim lifts up his eyes to the hills, and is satisfied that help is coming to him. As a song sung by travelers, this is particularly relevant for the trust What does Psalm chapter 121 mean? Psalm 121:7 (JUB) The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil; he shall preserve thy soul. The hurry and bustle of thousands who are hasting to be rich. But "the question is only asked to give more effect to the answer" (Cheyne). Perhaps it is best regarded as a psalm of the Exile. The LORD will preserve thee from all evil: he will preserve thy soul. The one that *guards Israel will never sleep. It is a protection for life. Psalm 121:7 (ASV) connection with him: such an one was Jacob in the house of Laban, 3. The assurance rises from the particular to the general. Plead for his sustaining grace. Psalm 121:7 (WEB) We will not do that, but we will reply, I. II. Clarke's Commentary. 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. Informal to make dishonest use of (another persons idea, writing, etc. All rights reserved. 30:30); and such a foot Joseph had wherever he went, ( THE preceding psalm is one of complaint; the present, one of comfort and consolation. All rights reserved. It is a time congregations grant clergy as a period of rest and reflection to take leave of ones responsibilities. One thing about them is suggested by our textthey make us look up. Psalms 121:8. 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 one peril of the night-watchman is that he might be overcome with sleep. Verse of the Day , Psalm 121:2 Treasury of Scripture Knowing. II. ); plagiarize. This is the second of the series of psalms which are titled A Song of Ascents. 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. Psalm 121:1-2 I lift up my eyes to the mountains where does my help come from? We think evil to be that which injuriously affects our circumstances; God sees evil as that which injuriously affects us. Psalm 121:5-6. the hills I find no help there. Follow either of the two large buttons below to see these verses in their broader context of the King James Bible or a Bible concordance. But the very reverse was the truth. Enthronement Psalms. The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. foot", (See Gill on Genesis The Lord will protect you from all dangers; he will guard your life. It is a revelation to us to discover that God's supreme interest is not in eyelets, as ours is. 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. They look for good. He will guard us from all forms of evil. If you travelled from home to Jerusalem, you would go through with someone). and goes, things prosper with him, and with those that are in v7 The *LORD is the The LORD will keep you from every kind of harm. We must see all our help in God; from him we must expect it, in his own way and time. I will lift up my eyes to the mountains; From where shall my help come? Psalm 121:7 (CSB) THE EVER-WATCHFUL WATCHMAN SEES. The Spirit, who is their Preserver and Comforter, shall abide with them for ever. Proud member With him is all power. Otherwise they are of no good at all, any more than the strains of sweetest music are to the deaf, or the most beautiful scenery to the blind. Now the verses in Psalms are pretty straightforward, verse 4 says, God will neither slumber nor sleep. From whence cometh my help. 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. indeed, he who watches over Israel will neither slumber nor sleep. 5 The Lord watches over you. Believe it. I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. And such persons, in the Punic language, hurting you". v5 The *LORD is the "The darkness and the light are both alike to him."R.T. 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. Psalm 121 is the second of the fifteen Psalms of ascent (Psalm 120 to Psalm 134). For Israel was a people that had known what it was to go out to drear and dreadful exile, and that more than once. He is a wakeful, watchful Keeper; he is never weary; he not only does not sleep, but he does not so much as slumber. 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. This is what it means to lift our eyes to the hills. The Lord will protect you from all danger; he will keep you safe. guards you ~ stops people hurting or killing you . This is a simplified translation of the original Hebrew word. "*Protect you" means "stop people Psalms 121:8. Man's enterprise may bring him into situations of bodily danger. 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. And for ourselves the promise holds good. He will attend us to the close of life (Psalms 121:8). He will not suffer thy The Hebrew of verse 4 suggests a development from what precedes. God's seeing includes what is by man seeable and by man unseeable; it includes what is and what is to be. This journey was dangerous, and we see that reflected in the opening words of the psalm. The moral possibilities that are in all events. My help cometh from the Lord; literally, my help is from the Lord. 6The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night. called also Gradual Psalm, Pilgrim Psalm, Psalm of Ascents. Just because you follow God, it doesnt mean that you will not face tough times in life. Worn out, the nurse may fall asleep, but the eye of the God of all consolation is never dimmed (see Psalms 139:1-24.). He guards your life. Psalms 121:3.The ministering priest answers him, "He will not suffer thy foot to be moved." And if this be so, the mere change of our circumstances is not the thing for us chiefly to desire; we should rather seek the Divine overruling, which includes defense from what God sees to be evil, and involves making "all things work together for good.". He will preserve the soul, that it be not defiled by sin, and disturbed by affliction; he will preserve it from perishing eternally. 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. It was the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth and not the hills to whom they looked for help. The Lord will protect you from all danger; he will keep you safe. dangerous places. Slang to arrest. The Lord shall prevent the evil thou fearest, and sanctify, remove, or lighten the evil thou feelest. The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night. Looking up, you see how earth-clouds are glorified. PSALM 121:7. He never sleeps, so he never stops Prayers for Gods deliverance in moments of despair. The LORD will protect you from all harm; He will protect your life. 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. But: 1. v6 The sun will not 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. I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills. are called Namphanians, as Austin observes F25; who "With his dear Son he freely gives us all things." "All evil." IV. Let us be found in our work, assured that the blessings promised in this psalm are ours. *LORD is a special name for God. that sustains. 2. We need to be kept of God. Psalms 121:7. so long as thou hast "goings out" and "comings in." Hence such difference of rendering is often misleading, and rather a hiding than a setting forth of the Scripture's true meaning. Meat, when exposed to the moonbeams, becomes quickly tainted. He *guards you from dangers that you know about. Too often we are just shortsighted. Now, in this beautiful psalm we have a notable instance of such different rendering. And he *guards you when you come in. Now the verses in Psalms are pretty straightforward, verse 4 says, God will neither slumber nor sleep. We have sometimes to face the future, and then we confront: 1. "Your Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.". Taking the second idea, we come upon God's continued interest in, and care for, the new life he has quickened in our souls. God takes eternity into view; we think only of the present. "He shall keep thy soul." But in comparison with the soul's well-being, God counts these things as of no importance. Absolute security of defense lies in God, and we may fully trust in him. Fish become rapidly putrid, and meat, if left exposed, incurable or unpreservable by salt. 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? 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. And they do good because, at bottom, they are lovers of good. I will lift up mine eyes--expresses desire (compare Psalms 25:1 ), mingled with expectation. Might stood for right, and hence the "going out and coming in" of Israel in those days was ever attended with much peril. 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 is the steadfast love of the Lord Watch the video above and talk about it with a group or mentor. Psalm 121:7, CSB: The Lord will GOD MISSES WHAT MAN SEES. Psalm 121 (This is) a song for climbing. 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). He is always near his people for their protection and refreshment. His sleepless vigilance is added. The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore. The goal is to recharge the spiritual batteries and accomplish something special that time would not allow during the daily routine of clergy. The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil; He shall preserve thy soul. 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). God does not sleephis vigilance is unceasing (comp. Jehovah will keep thee from all evil; he will keep thy soul. "Man goeth forth to his work and to his labor until the evening;" then he cometh in for rest. He "will not slumber," etc. Psalm 130 is the 130th psalm of the Book of Psalms, one of the Penitential psalms. Psalm 121:7 (KJVA) Little slips into inexactness or untruthfulness. to be the contraction of (wmep Look in Psalm 120 about the covenant. 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 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. What does I lift my eyes to the hills mean? So, verse 1 begins with the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet. 2. "The Lord shall keep thy going out and thy coming in." not in the *Hebrew Bible. Yahweh is always awake, always aware, and always watching over his children. Psalms 121:7 At first glance, Psalm 121:7 offers tremendous assurance. 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. He *guards you from dangers that you do not know about, (verse 7). From this time forth, and even forevermore; i.e. OUR IDEA OF BEING KEPT AND GOD'S IDEA MAY BE VERY DIFFERENT. They appeal to both poetic and religious feeling. 1 I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills : from whence cometh my help. Behold, He who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.. V. GOD'S ETERNAL CARE IS TO KEEP THE SOUL FROM EVILFROM ALL REAL EVIL. 3. 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. you help. Dishonesty found out is evil. *guard you also! But to pass on to what is of more importance, the truth itself of God's sure keeping, let us. THE CREATOR OF THE UNIVERSE IS THE PROVIDENCE OF THIS WORLD. Psalms 121:7. 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 not that he expects help from the mountainshis hope is fixed on him who made the mountains. 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. 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. They knew their strength and their help. A 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? Article Images Copyright 2023 Getty Images unless otherwise indicated. Mr. Martin says, "Of the effects of the moon on animal life very many instances could be cited. 8 The LORD will keep your going out and your coming in from this time forth and forevermore (Psalm 121:7-8). 2 My help cometh from the LORD : who hath made heaven and earth. 1 I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills : from whence cometh my help. We must see all our help in God; from him we must expect it, in his own way and time. People that robbed you hid in the Psalm 121:7 (ESV) The LORD will keep you from all evil. Psalm 121 is a treasure of promise for the suffering believer, whose help comes from the Lord (verse 2). In transacting all the business of life, in going in and out Covenanters and others found safety in the rocks and mountains in days of religious persecution; but their God was their real defense. My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth. 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. The King James Bible (1611) and Strong's Concordance (1890) with Hebrew and Greek dictionaries are sourced from the BibleForgeDB database (https://github.com/bibleforge) within the BibleForge project (http://bibleforge.com). He that keepeth thee will not slumber. Shall I depend upon the strength of the hills? God watches over your life from beginning to end. 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. 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