God helps every Christian in tough times. The voice calls continually, "Lift up your heads, for your redemption draweth nigh!". v2 My help comes from II. My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth. We will not do that, but we will reply, I. 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. Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. IV. The Lord keep thee from all evil; the Lord keep thy soul. The Word of the Lord, as the Targum. If you travelled from home to Jerusalem, you would go through We think evil to be that which injuriously affects our circumstances; God sees evil as that which injuriously affects us. The one that *guards Israel will never sleep. It is almighty wisdom that contrives, and almighty power that works the safety of those that put themselves under God's protection. Where will my help come from? The LORD keeps you from all harm and watches over your life. Psalms 76-150, Holman Old Testament Commentary by Steven Lawson. Fish become rapidly putrid, and meat, if left exposed, incurable or unpreservable by salt. Makes what he sees the ground of his prompt and gracious action in their behalf. God guards you from every evil, he guards your very 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. 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. God watches over your life from beginning to end. II. Drunkenness ruining a life is evil. Psalms 121:8. He will not suffer thy foot to be moved. connection with him: such an one was Jacob in the house of Laban, He *guards Illustrations may be taken from the wilderness-journey of Israel. An EasyEnglish Translation with Notes (about 1200 word The promise that the Lord watches over His people extends from every day to eternity (Psalm 121:8). ); plagiarize. Arama interprets it of a man's going out into the Psalm 121:7, KJV: The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. What does it mean that God has removed our sins from us as far as the east is from the west (Psalm 103:12)? And their experience reminds us of some important truths. God agreed to *protect his It is in the form of a dialogue.. Ver. II. He must receive the Holy Ghost, have the heavens opened unto him, and know God, and then sin against him. The Psalms offer an important message to those who long for sleep in the midst of lifes anxious times. Psalms 121:3.The ministering priest answers him, "He will not suffer thy foot to be moved." GOD MISSES WHAT MAN SEES. Look again at what we read in verse 2. 3, 4. *covenant is when two or more people agree together. In his rendering, Bloch presents a shirtless black man with his eyes lifted unto the hills, seeking relief from God. A STRONG, DEEP SENSE OF DEPENDENCE ON GOD IMPLANTED IN US. Slang to arrest. But in comparison with the soul's well-being, God counts these things as of no importance. is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. Psalms 121:8. Informal to make dishonest use of (another persons idea, writing, etc. KING JAMES VERSION (KJV) TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT. Psalm 121:7 (NIV) The sun and the moon. 6. 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. I. How "the cares of this world" need to be guarded against, and "the deceitfulness of riches" also! 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? whom the Lord blessed, as he says, "since my coming", or at "my He alone has both the power and the will to assist me. 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. III. The one peril of the night-watchman is that he might be overcome with sleep. My help (cometh) from Jehovah, the Maker of heaven and earth. The "holy hills," that stand round about Jerusalem, are intended (Psalms 87:1; Psalms 125:2). Psalm 121:7 (KJV) "The darkness and the light are both alike to him."R.T. Psalm 121:7, NASB: The LORD will protect you from all evil; He will keep your soul. THE MOON IS THE TYPE OF THE SECRET PERILS OF THE GODLY LIFE. "Man goeth forth to his work and to his labor until the evening;" then he cometh in for rest. Yahweh will keep you from all evil. There is a very simple message here: God never sleeps, slumbers or naps. Look in Psalm 120 about the covenant. about it; in all ways, works, and conversation; in journeying and But the very reverse was the truth. What promise! 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. A thousand things in common life, that seem to have no more Power of mischief in them than have the moonbeams. II. Psalms 121:8 The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore. The psalmist is not promising the absence of pain or even failure. "*Guard you" means "stop people hurting you". The precise associations of the psalm cannot be fixed with any certainty. 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. Instead, there was danger! They teach us to look up. Far from the busy crowd. He dwelt in the mountain-group of Zion at Jerusalem, and in the other mountains of Israel. 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. III. Yet at the best no absolute security can be placed in any human watchman. 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. Now, even in this literal sense, the promise was no mean one. so long as thou hast "goings out" and "comings in." Deu 28:6; 1 Samuel 29:6; 2 Samuel 3:25; 1 Kings 3:7; 2 Kings 19:27). The greater includes the less. Illustrate from the times of Lot. (Psalms 121:2.) "Thy shade" means "thy protection." PSALM 121:7. The LORD will keep you from all evil. 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. It is a time congregations grant clergy as a period of rest and reflection to take leave of ones responsibilities. preserve, but prosper in all, ( Psalms 1:3 ) ; the Lord There are enervating influences, suggestive examples. All rights reserved. God's guardian care of His people celebrated. Psalm 121:7 (WBT) My help comes from the LORD, who made heaven and earth. "The Lord shall keep thy going out and thy coming in." The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in (comp. to be the contraction of (wmep The pillar-cloud of the Divine presence was always there, night and day; and never anything could happen to Israel that was not divinely permitted. I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. See Psalm 121:7 with its adjacent verses in bold below. 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. he so often does, then again we askHas not God been true to his word? 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. Thats good, but understand that God is here to help you too. The priest-singer ends this second Song of Ascent by telling our pilgrim that God will always and at all times bless them as they take the pilgrimage. Psalms 120 Psalms 122 Old Testament Genesis Exodus Leviticus Numbers Deuteronomy Joshua Judges Ruth 1 Samuel 2 Samuel 1 Kings 2 Kings 1 Chronicles He then proceeds to cheer himself with assurances of God's sleepless care and protection. God has made our journeyings safe by means of what we call the inventions of science and the resources of civilization. Estimates the importance of what he sees. There shall not be even a slip of the foot, a thing so common in mountainous lands, and often so perilous, and the keeping shall be night and day alike, and close at hand (Psalms 121:5). Hashem shall preserve thee from kol rah; He shall preserve thy nefesh. The Arabs universally believe that the beams of the moon are noxious to the human body; and therefore they carefully cover over their heads when they sleep in the open air. By his merciful defendings: "No plague shall come nigh thy dwelling." Hence blessed are they who are in God's holy keeping in all the goings out and comings in of daily life! These describe Gods sovereign rule. 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. He will preserve us, ourselves; not only our home, our fortune, our credit, our reputation, but ourselves: "He shall preserve thy soul." THE PROMISE IS NOT FOR EVERY COMMUNITY, BUT FOR THE PEOPLE OF GOD. one that *guards you from all danger. people if they obeyed him. The Lord shall preserve you from all evil; He shall preserve your soul. Jehovah preserveth thee from all evil, He doth preserve thy soul. Psalm 121:7 (NIRV) 3. Yahweh is always awake, always aware, and always watching over his children. (He will do this) now and always. The translated Bible text has yet to go through Advanced Psalm 121:7 (CEBA) Jehovah will keep thee from all evil; He will keep thy soul. But the phrase used rather implies that these will never cease. I. The LORD will protect you from all evil; He will keep your soul. There are 22 letters in the Hebrew alphabet. How powerfully we are all drawn by world-interests! (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 "thy defense." The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. He shall preserve thy soul; or, keep thy soul. (Students). We think so much of the keeping of the body, and of a man's outward circumstances. TO OUR EXPERIENCES OF SORROW AND OF GLADNESS. But he is promising that, amidst seas of adversity, the elect will remain upheld, not because of their own doing, but because of the preserving hand of God. "But"so ask not a few"is all that true? Salem Media Group. not in the *Hebrew Bible. III. The LORD guards you from every evil. 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. The psalmist takes pride in the goodness of God in which he finds safety. How business life tends to absorb all time, all thought, all energy, so that scarce any are left for God! I. Thou shalt not be hurt, neither by the open assaults, nor by the secret attempts of thine enemies. hills. My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth. For man evil is calamity. Psalm 121 is categorized as one of the Songs of Ascent sung by pilgrims traveling to Jerusalem. I lift up my eyes to the hills where does my help come from? In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct thy paths. If, then, what we call disaster, and think to be so, be really amongst "all things which work together for [not merely precede, but produce the] man's good" as is so often the case (see 2 Corinthians 4:17), then is God's permission or sending of that disaster a falsifying of the promise of this psalm. 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. 13 tr to perform a face-lift on. "Some trust in horses, and some in chariots," and some in mountains; "but we will trust in the Name of the Lord. Quotes available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. The one duty of the watchman is to keep ever, through his watching-time, awake and alert. Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil; or, "keep thee." Sorrow has its snares, and so has joy. Psalm 121:7 (TMBA) The LORD will keep you from all evil; he will keep your life. Christians believe in good. 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. Copyright 2023, Bible Study Tools. The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night. v2 My help comes from the *LORD. "Our help cometh from the Lord."S.C. In transacting all the business of life, in going in and out To get what Psalm 121:7 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for Bible Gateway Psalm 91 :: NIV. Psalm 121:7 (WYC) 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. Psalm 121:7 (HNV) The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil; He shall preserve thy soul. And what do we see when we look down? Where does my help come from (Psalm 121:1)? GOD SEES WHAT MAN MISSES. This page was last modified on September 15, 2017, at 5:16 AM. This is a simplified translation of the original Hebrew word. After personally celebrating Yahwehs guardianship in verses 12, the psalmist turns to give assurance to others in verses 38. (120-7) The Lord keepeth thee from all evil: may the Lord keep thy soul. This is the second of the series of psalms which are titled A Song of Ascents. the Lord is your shade at your right hand; 6 the sun will not harm you by day, nor the moon by night. travelling; in all affairs, civil and religious; and not only 28:6 ) ; and such, with the poet F24, are said to go with a Psalm 121:7 (CSB) I have seen in Africa the newly littered young perish in a few hours, if exposed to the rays of the full moon. Psalm 121:7 (ASV) 2. you and be the one that *guards you. But: 1. Little slips into inexactness or untruthfulness. 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." "The Lord shall preserve thy going out." protects you ~ stops people hurting or killing you . 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). heaven ~ here it means "the sky and all the We may not think that God estimates evil precisely as we do. Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. Looking up, listen; you may hear the voices of the hills saying, "Be still! And such persons, in the Punic language, But if his soul has been kept, has not God been true to his word? What is the context of Psalms 121:7? The sure confidence we have today that we will remain with God tomorrow is God himself. They knew their strength and their help. "Shall neither slumber nor sleep." Believe it. Whence should my help come?" To succeed in earthly things we must engage the whole heart and powers in them. 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. Illustrate by the fact that the sunstroke is only an occasional peril. What does I lift my eyes to the hills mean? 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 LORD guards you from every evil. The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore. 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. He will keep your soul. The LORD will keep you from all evil; he will keep your life. God's care for us will not suffer him to sleep or become indifferent to us. with someone). foot", (See Gill on Genesis So, we probably did not misunderstand those verses. 7 The LORD will keep you from all evil; he will keep your life. 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. Old Testament. THE EVER-WATCHFUL WATCHMAN SEES. Prayers for Gods deliverance in moments of despair. 5The Lord is thy keeper: the Lord is thy shade upon thy right hand. In this "God's thoughts are not as our thoughts." 2. Business man is world-absorbed. It says that our help comes from God. Uncertainties; possibly some very great joy, or some overwhelming sorrow, or some very sore perplexity, or even the last experience of death. Psalms 121:7 At first glance, Psalm 121:7 offers tremendous assurance. Yahwehs guardianship means that he ensures our perseverance. His salvation is not so limited, lie saves the whole man, and bears as real a relation to man's temporal as to his spiritual needs. THE PROMISE MAY BE TRUE TO THE HEART WHEN ITS FULFILLMENT IS NOT APPARENT TO THE EYE. Our Lord sought seclusion among the hills of Eastern Galilee, and entered into the Divine glory on a spur of Hermon. II. The LORD will keep you from every kind of harm. We are in the worldin a thousand subtle ways we are kin with the world, subject to its influences, caught by its whirl of excitement, absorbed by its pressing claims, and easily we become of the world as well as in it. It shows us how God helps us when life gets hard. The Spirit, who is their Preserver and Comforter, shall abide with them for ever. For Israel was a people that had known what it was to go out to drear and dreadful exile, and that more than once. And they do good because, at bottom, they are lovers of good. stars". It is this down-looking that makes us so weak. This appears to be a prayer of the Jews in their captivity, who are solicitous for their restoration. Psalm 121 (This is) a song for climbing. The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul ( Psalms 121:6-7 ). Man's enterprise may bring him into situations of bodily danger. The Lord will protect you from all dangers; he will guard your life. I. He is supremely concerned about us. Is this Jehovah or Yahweh or YHWH or Yahua? 2 My help cometh from the LORD : who hath made heaven and earth.What does the Bible say about God never sleeping? Watch the video above and talk about it with a group or mentor. The phrase is an equivalent of "The Lord shall preserve thee in all thy ways" (Psalms 91:11). He will watch over your life. A He is able and willing to make "all grace abound" unto "all-sufficiency." Home | About | Contact | Copyright | Privacy | Cookie Policy | Terms & Conditions | Sitemap. God will not allow any evil to approach him, so as to do him hurt. Most people in the world have no experience of lasting joy in their lives. 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. We go out in the morning refreshed, vigorous, full of conscious power, and in some peril of stir-reliance. F26; and so one that, wherever he comes 4. V. GOD'S ETERNAL CARE IS TO KEEP THE SOUL FROM EVILFROM ALL REAL EVIL. The Lord will protect you from all danger; he will keep you safe. Copyright 2002-2023 Got Questions Ministries. If the soul be kept, all is kept. Psalm 121:7 (GW) "The redeemed of the Lord shall come with joy and singing," etc. TO THE MORNING AND EVENING OF LIFE. Hashem shall preserve thee from kol rah; He shall preserve thy nefesh. Where is God when life gets hard? The official youth channel for pursueGOD.org. Oh, to lose the downward look which has so grown upon us by the pressure of life-cares! 2. by avowing God to be the helper, of whose ability His creative power is a pledge ( Psalms 115:15 ), to which. He will be our Keeper, our Shade upon our right hand (Psalms 121:5). 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? And he wants to help you through lifes most difficult circumstances. Psalm 121:7 (NCV) 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." 5. Elijah was calmed, and made himself again, by the soothing influences of Horeb, the mount of God. In Psalm 121:3b-4 we are told, [God] who keeps you will not slumber. The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. Amazing Promises. 8The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore. Psalm 121:38 continues the theme of God's protection of His people. (verse 2). Remain dependent on him. The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for 8. thy going out, &c.--all thy ways ( Deuteronomy 28:19 , Psalms 104:23 ). hurt you in the day, your foot *slide. It never ceases but it is replenished every dawn (Lamentations 3:2223). Psalm 121 is the second of the fifteen Psalms of ascent (Psalm 120 to Psalm 134). The daily renewed gift of life carries with it the gift of all the life will need day by day. Isaiah 27:3). 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. Psalm 121:7 (YLT) 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. Jehovah will keep thee from all evil; he will keep thy soul. Do not put your hope today in yourself, for were it not for God, you would surely slip. The LORD will protect you from all harm; He will protect your life. The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. Please enter your email address associated with your Salem All-Pass account, then click Continue. The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night. Were on a mission to change that. Five kinds of psalms include praise, wisdom, royal, thanksgiving, and lament. good or prosperous foot. (Psalms 121:3, Psalms 121:4). I will lift up my eyes to the mountains; From where shall my help come? This is more necessary in a watchman than keeping awake; he must be quick to observe, attentive, noticing everything. The LORD will keep you from all evil; he will keep your life. blessing him, coming in and going out, ( Deuteronomy THE MOUNTAINS CAN DIRECT US WHERE TO FIND HELP AND SAFETY. ", I. ADONAI will guard you against all harm; he will guard your life. 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. "In every place, beholding the evil and the good.". The Israelites faced tremendous dangers as they scaled the hills around Jerusalem to come to religious festivals. THE INSUFFICIENCY OF HUMAN HELP. Psalm 121 was sung by the ancient Israelites as they made the long journey to Jerusalem. Psalm 121:7, NLT: The LORD keeps you from all harm and watches over your life. He will watch over your life. I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills. The Lord will protect you from all harm; He will protect your life. I. WORLD-DRAWN, WE LOOK DOWN, AND SO ARE WEAK. And the mountains still soothe and calm God's people. But we can see him only from the heights of the soul. This page last updated: December 13, 2022. Behold, He who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep. God will keep him then. They do not remain with us; parents die; brothers and sisters are scattered far and wide; friends become estranged. hurting you". Tehillim 121:7 (OJB) II. The general conduct and occupation of a man in his varied affairs are what is meant in all these passages. When the psalmist declared, therefore, He will not allow your foot to slip, he was most likely speaking of the perseverance of the saints. After personally celebrating Yahwehs guardianship in verses 12, the It is a protection for life. Those who trust and worship God may expect to pass through the valley of weeping. More insights from your Bible study - Get Started with Logos Bible Software for Free! GOD-DRAWN, WE LOOK UP, AND SO GROW STRONG. We'll send you an email with steps on how to reset your password. 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. To report dead links, typos, or html errors or suggestions about making these resources more useful use the convenient. nor the moon by night--poetically represents the dangers of the night, over which the moon presides ( Genesis 1:16 ). The LORD will preserve thee from all evil: he will preserve thy soul. It We naturally and rightly look to our kindred and to our friends for sympathy and succor. v3 He will not let Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse. "With his dear Son he freely gives us all things." He made the *heaven and the earth. 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