The Lord will protect you from all danger; he will keep you safe. In silence God doth speak.". God will not allow any evil to approach him, so as to do him hurt. Along with ensuring our perseverance (verse 3a), the Lord so long as thou hast "goings out" and "comings in." II. The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil; He shall preserve thy soul. Looking up, listen; you may hear the voices of the hills saying, "Be still! It was the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth and not the hills to whom they looked for help. The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for The peoples voice in the psalm cries to God for deliverance on three counts. v3 He will not let your foot *slide. IV. Please enter your email address associated with your Salem All-Pass account, then click Continue. But the very reverse was the truth. II. Psalm 121:7 (CSB) Plead for his sustaining grace. The words "slumber" and "sleep" are not climactic. 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? "Shall neither slumber nor sleep." What promise! The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul.. Lament Psalms. (Students). The LORD will guard you from all evil, preserving your life. If we dont have a plan for when, where, and how we will read the Bible, our devotions will probably fall before the demands of the day. 5. Psalms 121:8. Whence should my help come?" Psalm 122. Coming to the House of the LORD and the City of God. Psalm 122 carries the title A Song of Ascents. Of David. It is one of the four Songs of Ascents that is specifically attributed to King David. He wrote it both for what Jerusalem was in his day, and for what it would become under his son and their successors. There is no more in the setting of the two terms than poetical repetition. 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 up!" For to men in this world God's voice is ever calling. Psalm 121:7 (TMBA) This is true in the physical sphere. The Lord shall preserve thy going out, and thy coming Use this table to get a word-for-word translation of the original Hebrew Scripture. "Your Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.". 3. Maybe its a friend or your mom. 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. Verse 2 begins with the second letter and so on. 2 My help cometh from the LORD : who hath made heaven and earth. Yahwehs guardianship means that he ensures our perseverance. Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. It shows us how God helps us when life gets hard. "With his dear Son he freely gives us all things." My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth. "Not let your foot slip" (verse 3) means "not let you GOD MISSES WHAT MAN SEES. (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 The sun strikes openly, and is especially perilous when it strikes on the lower part of the back of the head. See Psalm 121:7 with its adjacent verses in bold below. THE PROMISE MAY BE TRUE TO THE HEART WHEN ITS FULFILLMENT IS NOT APPARENT TO THE EYE. God's care for us will not suffer him to sleep or become indifferent to us. God has made our journeyings safe by means of what we call the inventions of science and the resources of civilization. The LORD will protect you from all evil; God will protect your very life. God guards you from every evil, he guards your very life. The general conduct and occupation of a man in his varied affairs are what is meant in all these passages. 5. 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 GREATNESS OF OUR NEED. 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. Meat, when exposed to the moonbeams, becomes quickly tainted. He would not only pay the price for the sins of Israel, but for the sin of the whole world. Isaiah 27:3). The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. 8The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore. "All evil." It is only an agency for securing evil or good. THE GENERAL RULE OF GOD'S PROVIDENTIAL CARE IS AS HERE SET FORTH. Thou shalt not be hurt, neither by the open assaults, nor by the secret attempts of thine enemies. Where will my help come from? GOD-DRAWN, WE LOOK UP, AND SO GROW STRONG. Psalm 121:7 (BBE) This appears to be a prayer of the Jews in their captivity, who are solicitous for their restoration. THE EVER-WATCHFUL WATCHMAN HELPS. He is always near his people for their protection and refreshment. It is not one Israelite alone over whom God will watch unceasingly, but the whole people of Israel. How powerfully we are all drawn by world-interests! 1 I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills : from whence cometh my help. The Targum is. Under this shade they may sit with delight and assurance. 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? Where does my help come from (Psalm 121:1)? The LORD will preserve thee from all evil: he will preserve thy soul. Popularity relative to other verses in Psalm chapter 121 using average monthly Google searches. Proud member 7The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. All sins shall be forgiven, except the sin against the Holy Ghost; for Jesus will save all except the sons of perdition. The one duty of the watchman is to keep ever, through his watching-time, awake and alert. Slang to arrest. The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. But whatever be its form, our God can "keep" us true, pure, holy. Also, he would *protect v6 The sun will not Psalm 121:1-2 I lift up my eyes to the mountains where does my help come from? Only when he looks beyond them do they become his security; for then God makes them such. He fled to the mountains; but God preserved him, not the mountain. v3 He will not let 1. It is a time congregations grant clergy as a period of rest and reflection to take leave of ones responsibilities. II. 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. to be moved--(Compare Psalms 38:16 , 66:9 ). As asserted in Psalm 94:1618: Who stands up for me against evil doers? Psalm 121:7 (JUB) Copyright 2023, Bible Study Tools. 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. What does it mean that my help comes from the Lord (Psalm 121:2)? They do not remain with us; parents die; brothers and sisters are scattered far and wide; friends become estranged. Information based on Strong's Exhaustive Concordance[1]. He shall preserve thy soul; or, keep thy soul. Elijah was calmed, and made himself again, by the soothing influences of Horeb, the mount of God. There God had "promised his blessing, even life forevermore" (Psalms 133:3). Get our Question of the Week delivered right to your inbox! The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. Jehovah will keep thee from all evil; he will keep thy soul. Absolute security of defense lies in God, and we may fully trust in him. By his wise upholdings: "Will not suffer thy foot to be moved." He that keepeth thee will not slumber. John Calvin summarizes the message of Psalm 85 as follows. Professor, Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Psalm 121 is a treasure of promise for the suffering believer, whose help comes from the Lord I. Psalm 121:5-6. But: 1. connection with him: such an one was Jacob in the house of Laban, Jehovah will keep thee from all evil; He will keep thy soul. We'll send you an email with steps on how to reset your password. We come in tired. one that *guards you. He will be our Keeper, our Shade upon our right hand (Psalms 121:5). 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. Coup de soleil was feared by day, and the deleterious influence of the moon's rays by night. Latin writers call the right side "latus aperture.". He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. Oh, to lose the downward look which has so grown upon us by the pressure of life-cares! 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? The sun and the moon. And their experience reminds us of some important truths. A man may be overpowered with sleep, and be physically unable to resist its advances. people if they obeyed him. This is a simplified translation of the original Hebrew word. hills. your foot *slide. Behold, He who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.. I will lift up mine eyes--expresses desire (compare Psalms 25:1 ), mingled with expectation. Business man is world-absorbed. Five kinds of psalms include praise, wisdom, royal, thanksgiving, and lament. Yahweh will keep you from all evil. 39:5 Genesis : 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. 3. 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. God watches over your life from The LORD keeps watch over you as you come and go, both now and forever. Covenanters and others found safety in the rocks and mountains in days of religious persecution; but their God was their real defense. It referred to Israel's journeyings from Babylon to Judah, or from wherever their abode might be, up to the great festivals. These describe Gods sovereign rule. "*Protect This may be applied to the national life of Israel. As we contemplate the awful number of victims to such causes as we have named, and the yet worse ruin which comes from moral causes, it is not to be wondered at that some regard this psalm as rather a pious imagination than the declaration of actual fact. "From whence shall my help come?" Yahweh is always awake, always aware, and always watching over his children. The LORD keeps you from all harm and watches over your life. Enthronement Psalms. Psalm 121:7 (CEB) The same verb is used throughout. 5The Lord is thy keeper: the Lord is thy shade upon thy right hand. But the phrase used rather implies that these will never cease. And so in life there are various temptations and dangers, which we all know about, which every man knows may come into his personal experience, and concerning which we all, in various ways and degrees, take precautions. Psalm 25 is an alphabet psalm, like Psalms 9 and 10. Those who trust and worship God may expect to pass through the valley of weeping. The one that *guards Israel will never sleep. The Lord keep thee from all evil; the Lord keep thy soul. Worn out, the nurse may fall asleep, but the eye of the God of all consolation is never dimmed (see Psalms 139:1-24.). The Word of the Lord, as the Targum. It can be through Scripture, sermons, articles, podcasts, or any other means He chooses. Christians believe in good. "Going out" was a synonym for sorrow; "coming in," for gladness and joy. We all face challenges. We do not see that the sense is obscured in this instance, but we think the emphasis and force are lessened. *covenant is when two or more people agree together. v5 The *LORD is the Please enter your email address associated with your Salem All-Pass account, then click Continue. Far from the busy crowd. The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night. From this time forth, and even forevermore; i.e. He made the *heaven and the earth. If he were but free from the answering of his moral evil, nothing that could happen would be a real calamity.R.T. The phrase is an equivalent of "The Lord shall preserve thee in all thy ways" (Psalms 91:11). He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber. ", II. This same God is the One from Whom our help comes. 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. 5. upon thy right hand--a protector's place ( Psalms 109:31 , 110:5 ). 6-8. The Lord will keep you safe from all evil; he will take care of your soul. The one peril of the night-watchman is that he might be overcome with sleep. For Israel was a people that had known what it was to go out to drear and dreadful exile, and that more than once. Look to him at any hour in the light or in the night. 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. "I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills," etc. v8 The *LORD *guards They knew their strength and their help. The last clause, read as a question, is answered. Read full chapter. If you travelled from home to Jerusalem, you would go through My help comes from the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth. Further, we see only the surface of things; God looks at the reality. V. GOD'S ETERNAL CARE IS TO KEEP THE SOUL FROM EVILFROM ALL REAL EVIL. There is a very simple message here: God never sleeps, slumbers or naps. 6The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night. Psalms 121:7. Psalm 121:7 (GNT) It is the inward happiness and peace and joy which these things impart which gives them their value. 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