Domestic woman is world-absorbed. All sins shall be forgiven, except the sin against the Holy Ghost; for Jesus will save all except the sons of perdition. The LORD will protect you from all harm; He will protect your life. Evil takes many forms; it comes to us in every guise. He is always near his people for their protection and refreshment. A thousand things in common life, that seem to have no more Power of mischief in them than have the moonbeams. 2. OUR IDEA OF BEING KEPT AND GOD'S IDEA MAY BE VERY DIFFERENT. 1 I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills : from whence cometh my help. 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. (See verses 2 - 7.) The LORD will keep you from all harm he will watch over your life; Psalm 121:7 (NKJV) 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. foot", (See Gill on Genesis He will be our Keeper, our Shade upon our right hand (Psalms 121:5). one that *guards you. Far from the busy crowd. Copyright 2023, Bible Study Tools. Hence whilst the idea of "going out" suggested only what was sad, that of "coming in," the return from exile, was full of joy. The one duty of the watchman is to keep ever, through his watching-time, awake and alert. He will take care that his people shall not fall. Prayers for Gods deliverance in moments of despair. Psalm 121:7 (NIV) Let her influence over this earth be studied; it is more powerful than is generally known." v5 The *LORD is the Jehovah will keep thee from all evil; he will keep thy soul. The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul ( Psalms 121:6-7 ). 3, 4. 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. Latin writers call the right side "latus aperture.". Fish become rapidly putrid, and meat, if left exposed, incurable or unpreservable by salt. Quotes available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. The LORD will keep you from all evil; he will keep your life. See Psalm 121:7 with its adjacent verses in bold below. More insights from your Bible study - Get Started with Logos Bible Software for Free! My help (cometh) from Jehovah, the Maker of heaven and earth. Also, he would *protect There God had "promised his blessing, even life forevermore" (Psalms 133:3). Men) , which signifies "his good" or "pleasant foot" Should Christians Play the Charlie Charlie Game? not in the *Hebrew Bible. But the very reverse was the truth. What does Psalms 121 mean? Home | About | Contact | Copyright | Privacy | Cookie Policy | Terms & Conditions | Sitemap. The true saving of a man for the life that now is involves the saving of the man for the life that is to come. 2. Words in brackets, ( ), are Psalms 121:7. The LORD will preserve thee from all evil: he will preserve thy soul. If the soul be kept, all is kept. 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? 1. What does the Bible say about God never sleeping? Where will my help come from? The *LORD is near you to *protect you. "I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills," etc. "which is omnipotent.". The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. The protection vouchsafed extends to all a man is and all a man does. And this assurance carried with it the confidence that God's defense and blessing were still upon the restored nation. evermore--includes a future state. *guarding you (verses 3, 4). protects you ~ stops people hurting or killing you . 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. But whatever be its form, our God can "keep" us true, pure, holy. The Israelites faced tremendous dangers as they scaled the hills around Jerusalem to come to religious festivals. He guards your life. The Lord will protect you from all harm; He will protect your life. God's seeing includes what is by man seeable and by man unseeable; it includes what is and what is to be. 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. v2 My help comes from Jehovah preserveth thee from all evil, He doth preserve thy soul. 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.. Jehovah preserveth thee from all evil, He doth preserve thy soul. If he were but free from the answering of his moral evil, nothing that could happen would be a real calamity.R.T. We do not see that the sense is obscured in this instance, but we think the emphasis and force are lessened. They teach us to look up. The Lord will keep us from all harm! 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. air of this world, and of his entrance into the world to come. It Keeping thee from whatever form of temptation and moral evil may come through the putting forth of human energy in the daily duties of life. Every Christian faces challenges. 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. Hashem shall preserve thee from kol rah; He shall preserve thy nefesh. We ask the question: who is 'the LORD'? there. The peoples voice in the psalm cries to God for deliverance on three counts. Further, we see only the surface of things; God looks at the reality. The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil; He shall preserve thy soul. 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. But it is true also in the moral sphere, it is the calamity side of evil which absorbs man's attention. Yahweh will protect you from all evil; he will protect your life. This same God is the One from Whom our help comes. What a holy power upon us the mountains have! Even in the sanctuary they drop on bills and stock and trade. With him is all power. 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? 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." Psalms 120 Psalms 122 Old Testament Genesis Exodus Leviticus Numbers Deuteronomy Joshua Judges Ruth 1 Samuel 2 Samuel 1 Kings 2 Kings 1 Chronicles IV. 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. The Being who framed man's wonderful nature would naturally provide for its great wantsthe wants he had himself created. The LORD will keep you from every kind of harm. about it; in all ways, works, and conversation; in journeying and "*Guard you" means "stop people hurting you". (verse 2). The LORD will keep you from all evil; he will keep your life. 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. "From whence shall my help come?" The Lord will protect you from all danger; he will keep you safe. Psalm 121 also pertains to the journey of faith that requires reliance on God. The setting of the psalm is travel to or from Jerusalem as part of a religious pilgrimage. The psalms title, A Song of Ascents perhaps indicates the psalm was intended for use during pilgrimage to Jerusalem for one of Israels festivals. A Therefore we rest assured that the Lord will keep us flora all evil, he will keep our soul.S.C. Look to him at any hour in the light or in the night. God watches over your life from beginning to end. 2. by avowing God to be the helper, of whose ability His creative power is a pledge ( Psalms 115:15 ), to which. 2 My help cometh from the LORD : who hath made heaven and earth.What does the Bible say about God never sleeping? What does the psalmist mean when he says, I lift my eyes to the hills (Psalm 121:1). The assurance rises from the particular to the general. Uncertainties; possibly some very great joy, or some overwhelming sorrow, or some very sore perplexity, or even the last experience of death. The psalmist takes pride in the goodness of God in which he finds safety. Let us be found in our work, assured that the blessings promised in this psalm are ours. My help cometh from the Lord; literally, my help is from the Lord. you when you go out. I was surprised to find that the word combination depicting the stumbling step in verse 3 is never used in Scripture of physical falling. 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. 3. Praise to God for His gracious acts. 30:30); and such a foot Joseph had wherever he went, ( And is not that just what we need? THE GREATNESS OF OUR NEED. 6-8. Thank him. And what do we see when we look down? The Lord shall prevent the evil thou fearest, and sanctify, remove, or lighten the evil thou feelest. And he *guards you when you come in. The LORD will protect you from all evil; God will protect your very life. Psalm 121 The God Who Keeps and Helps. Psalm 121:7 (BBE) Maybe its a friend or your mom. nor the moon at night. 5. Coup de soleil was feared by day, and the deleterious influence of the moon's rays by night. "Thy shade" means "thy protection." 4. What a glorious promise. 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. His sleepless vigilance is added. Enthronement Psalms. He must receive the Holy Ghost, have the heavens opened unto him, and know God, and then sin against him. 8The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore. He is a wakeful, watchful Keeper; he is never weary; he not only does not sleep, but he does not so much as slumber. And in the New Jerusalem, one of its sweetest promises was that its people should "go no more out forever." The right hand is the working hand; let them but turn to their duty, and they shall find God ready to give them success. Old Testament. They are but God's instruments for our good. 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. It is almighty wisdom that contrives, and almighty power that works the safety of those that put themselves under God's protection. God agreed to *protect his 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. But I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation. Look in Psalm 120 about the covenant. 2. We may not think that God estimates evil precisely as we do. I. Yahwehs guardianship means that he ensures our perseverance. Bible Gateway Psalm 91 :: NIV. 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. Wow! The moral possibilities that are in all events. 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. If you travelled from home to Jerusalem, you would go through Isaiah 27:3). ADONAI will guard you against all harm; he will guard your life. Behold, He who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep. Taking the second idea, we come upon God's continued interest in, and care for, the new life he has quickened in our souls. you help. Moses was helped to realize the power of Jehovah by the daily impressions of the huge, craggy, awful mountain forms of Sinai. THE EVER-WATCHFUL WATCHMAN UNDERSTANDS. Psalm 121:7, CSB: The Lord will Mr. Martin says, "Of the effects of the moon on animal life very many instances could be cited. It is not that he expects help from the mountainshis hope is fixed on him who made the mountains. God's guardian care of His people celebrated. Man's enterprise may bring him into situations of bodily danger. hills (verse 1). 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'?" It is a revelation to us to discover that God's supreme interest is not in eyelets, as ours is. Psalm 121:5-6. Is this Jehovah or Yahweh or YHWH or Yahua? The Word of the Lord, as the Targum. From this time forth, and even forevermore; i.e. 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." 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. If Yahweh had not been my help, my soul would soon have lived in the land of silence. Use the scale on the left to tell how often the verses below are googled compared to each other. They knew their strength and their help. Recognizes the relation of what he sees to his people. He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. 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. We all face challenges. Psalm 121 was sung by the ancient Israelites as they made the long journey to Jerusalem. 6. (Students). Absolute security of defense lies in God, and we may fully trust in him. Psalm 121:7, NASB: The LORD will protect you from all evil; He will keep your soul. As asserted in Psalm 94:1618: Who stands up for me against evil doers? Amazing Promises. - We must not rely upon men and means, instruments and second causes. He *guards Elijah was calmed, and made himself again, by the soothing influences of Horeb, the mount of God. Psalms 121:8. Deu 28:6; 1 Samuel 29:6; 2 Samuel 3:25; 1 Kings 3:7; 2 Kings 19:27). Psalm 121 is a treasure of promise for the suffering believer, whose help comes from the Lord (verse 2). He does not faint or grow weary (Isaiah 40:28). "All evil." So, we probably did not misunderstand those verses. Were on a mission to change that. Copyright 2002-2023 Got Questions Ministries. 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. Psalm 121:7 (NRSA) 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. Psalm 121:7 (DBY) of TO THE MORNING AND EVENING OF LIFE. The opening two verses form a poetic question and answer: I lift up my He then proceeds to cheer himself with assurances of God's sleepless care and protection. you as you go out and on your way home, (verse 8). THE SUN IS THE TYPE OF THE OPEN PERILS OF THE GODLY LIFE. Only when he looks beyond them do they become his security; for then God makes them such. But the phrase used rather implies that these will never cease. Then God will The Lord shall preserve thy going out, and thy coming The goal is to recharge the spiritual batteries and accomplish something special that time would not allow during the daily routine of clergy. v8 The *LORD *guards He *guards you from dangers that you know about. 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. The last clause, read as a question, is answered. He will preserve us, ourselves; not only our home, our fortune, our credit, our reputation, but ourselves: "He shall preserve thy soul." TO OUR EXPERIENCES OF SORROW AND OF GLADNESS. To get what Psalm 121:7 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity. Look again at what we read in verse 2. He will keep your soul. The LORD guards you from every evil. Covenanters and others found safety in the rocks and mountains in days of religious persecution; but their God was their real defense. He will attend us to the close of life (Psalms 121:8). 13 tr to perform a face-lift on. are called Namphanians, as Austin observes F25; who This appears to be a prayer of the Jews in their captivity, who are solicitous for their restoration. We are not required to ascend the mountainous track to Jerusalem, thrice yearly to plead for forgiveness and mercy, for we have the Spirit of God residing forever in our hearts and by the sacrifice of Christ's blood, we have access into the holy throne-room of God every moment of the day. The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil; he shall preserve thy soul. One important distinction may be Pointed out here. 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. These describe Gods sovereign rule. The notes explain some of the words with a *star by them. 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 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." Psalm 121:7 (CEB) Man is profoundly interested in what happens, and is wont to stop there, and miss the meaning of what happens. dangerous places. Meat, when exposed to the moonbeams, becomes quickly tainted. "Some trust in horses, and some in chariots," and some in mountains; "but we will trust in the Name of the Lord. A man may be overpowered with sleep, and be physically unable to resist its advances. 39:5 Genesis Christians believe in good. New American Standard Bible Chapter Parallel Psalm 121:7 (NAS) The LORD will protect you from all evil; He II. Clarke's Commentary. The sun strikes the man who is in a physical condition to receive the stroke. he will not sleep. Remain dependent on him. Not from the evil of affliction, though from that as a penal evil; or as a real one, it being made to 2017 QuotesCosmos Home About Privacy Terms Principles Sitemap Contact. The same verb is used throughout. The Lord is thy Keeper; the Lord is thy shade upon thy right hand. Whereas verse 3 suggests your Guardian will not slumber now, verse 4 stresses Israels Guardian will never slumber nor sleep. The LORD will protect you from all evil; God will protect your very life. We'll send you an email with steps on how to reset your password. 5. upon thy right hand--a protector's place ( Psalms 109:31 , 110:5 ). The LORD keeps you from all harm and watches over your life. v7 The *LORD is the The LORD will guard you from all evil, preserving your life. The Hebrew of verse 4 suggests a development from what precedes. But if God be ableas he isto impart that same and even greater inward happiness, peace, and joy by other means, and does so, as, blessed be his Name! Psalm 25 is an alphabet psalm, like Psalms 9 and 10. We need to be kept of God. THE preceding psalm is one of complaint; the present, one of comfort and consolation. Salem Media Group. The voice calls continually, "Lift up your heads, for your redemption draweth nigh!". 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. It is not for the godless, but for the regenerated people of God. Hush the life-fever! It has, indeed, no moral quality that he can recognize. I. "Certain" is another word for "sure". After personally celebrating Yahwehs guardianship in verses 12, the Men know this, and are duly warned to take all precautions. All kinds of evil. They cannot render us all the help we need. WE MUST LIFT OURSELVES UP IN THE WHOLE POWER OF OUR BEING TO REALIZE GOD'S NEARNESS TO HELP US. The influence of the world begets a downward look, a sort of set of the eyes and heart downwards. Such is a frequent meaning of the expression, "going out and coming in" (see Deuteronomy 28:6, Deuteronomy 28:19; Deuteronomy 23:20; Joshua 1:7; 1 Samuel 29:6). Psalms 76-150, Holman Old Testament Commentary by Steven Lawson. v1 When I look up to It is only an agency for securing evil or good. v1 When I look up to the hills I find no help there. And how we need to be kept amid our daily work and business! My help comes from the LORD, who made heaven and earth. The story of Psalm 121 is in the note on Psalm 120. 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. The pilgrim lifts up his eyes to the hills, and is satisfied that help is coming to him. "The redeemed of the Lord shall come with joy and singing," etc. His concern for the material life does but illustrate his care for the spiritual life ("This is the will of God, even our sanctification"). Psalms 121:7 The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil; or, "keep thee." Look up, and you shall prove how God "wipes away all tears from our eyes."R.T. Psalm 121:7 (WBT) I. The Lord will keep you from all evil; he will keep your life. Hashem shall preserve thee from kol rah; He shall preserve thy nefesh. God helps every Christian in tough times. Jehovah will keep thee from all evil; He will keep thy soul. It is the inward happiness and peace and joy which these things impart which gives them their value. Psalm 121:7 (CSB) Most people in the world have no experience of lasting joy in their lives. I. Yahweh will keep you from all evil. California - Do Not Sell My Personal Information. We will not do that, but we will reply, I. The Lord will keep you from all evil; he will keep your life. PSALM 121:7. Yahweh will protect you from all evil; he will protect your life. 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). Our Lord sought seclusion among the hills of Eastern Galilee, and entered into the Divine glory on a spur of Hermon. We cannot think o, any place, however remote, or obscure, or humble, where he will not be with his defending, delivering hand. nor the moon by night--poetically represents the dangers of the night, over which the moon presides ( Genesis 1:16 ). GOD MISSES WHAT MAN SEES. Psalm 121:7 (HNV) to be moved--(Compare Psalms 38:16 , 66:9 ). 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. THE MOUNTAINS CAN DIRECT US WHERE TO FIND HELP AND SAFETY. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. But if his soul has been kept, has not God been true to his word? 2. The psalmist addresses himself with consolatory assurances. F26; and so one that, wherever he comes I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. 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. It is almighty wisdom that contrives, and almighty power that works the safety of those that put themselves under God's protection. Most modern critics regard this clause as interrogative, and translate, "Whence is it that my help shall come?" For them. Psalm 121:38 continues the theme of God's protection of His people. The Lord will protect you from all harm; He will protect your life. In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct thy paths. This publication is written in EasyEnglish Level A (1200 words). 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." v4 It is certain that he will not sleep. II. Help us purchase electrical generators for churches. He will keep your soul. God does not sleephis vigilance is unceasing (comp. How business life tends to absorb all time, all thought, all energy, so that scarce any are left for God! But there was someone to send help: the *LORD! Psalm 121:7 (CJB) 2023 Caniry - All Rights Reserved slip ~ not stand in a safe way, as on ice or wet ground. Psalm 121:7 (RSVA) THE GENERAL RULE OF GOD'S PROVIDENTIAL CARE IS AS HERE SET FORTH. Yahweh will keep you from all evil. Genesis; Exodus; Leviticus; Numbers; Deuteronomy; Might stood for right, and hence the "going out and coming in" of Israel in those days was ever attended with much peril. Illustrate by the fact that the sunstroke is only an occasional peril. GOD SEES WHAT MAN MISSES. Three times a year, the men of Israel would set out for Jerusalem to celebrate the feasts of the Lord and to worship their God at the Holy Temple, which stood majestically at the top of Mount Zion. 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. All rights reserved. stars". This may be applied to the national life of Israel. Protection was especially needed on the right hand, as the side which no shield guarded. hurt you in the day, I have seen in Africa the newly littered young perish in a few hours, if exposed to the rays of the full moon. This comes out plainly in Perowne's rendering, "Whence should my help come? 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. He will keep thee in life and death; going out to thy labour in the morning of thy days, and coming home to thy rest when the evening of old age calls thee in. Much of self, of man, and of things. My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth. Arama interprets it of a man's going out into the 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. covenant ~ two people have agreed what each should do It says that our help comes from God. Article Images Copyright 2023 Getty Images unless otherwise indicated. Psalms 121:7 The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. Follow the buttons in the right-hand column for detailed definitions and verses that use the same root words. (120-7) The Lord keepeth thee from all evil: may the Lord keep thy soul. 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