hurting you". Jehovah preserveth thee from all evil, He doth preserve thy soul. air of this world, and of his entrance into the world to come. 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. After Gods people returned from the Babylonian captivity they were suffering new afflictions. II. indeed, he who watches over Israel will neither slumber nor sleep. The Lord shall preserve you from all evil; He shall preserve your soul. 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 Genesis And such persons, in the Punic language, Thats good, but understand that God is here to help you too. Their provision and protection came only from the Lord. The one peril of the night-watchman is that he might be overcome with sleep. 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 LORD will keep you from all evil. I. WORLD-DRAWN, WE LOOK DOWN, AND SO ARE WEAK. Dont forget him. The LORD will protect you from all evil; He will keep your soul. Who do you turn to in times of crisis? Where does my help come from (Psalm 121:1)? 2. 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. THE CREATOR WOULD NOT ONLY HAVE THE POWER, BUT THE DESIRE, THE DISPOSITION, TO HELP THE CHILD OF HIS LOVE. A The Lord keep thee from all evil; the Lord keep thy soul. And they do good because, at bottom, they are lovers of good. Instead, there was danger! *guarding you (verses 3, 4). 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). What does Psalm chapter 121 mean? And the shadow of God's curse on sin resting everywhere. Psalm 121:7 (RHE) They look for good. Psalm 121:7 (TMBA) Were on a mission to change that. Too often we are just shortsighted. 2. by avowing God to be the helper, of whose ability His creative power is a pledge ( Psalms 115:15 ), to which. The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. 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. Do not put your hope today in yourself, for were it not for God, you would surely slip. After personally celebrating Yahwehs guardianship in verses 12, the psalmist turns to give assurance to others in verses 38. Plead for his sustaining grace. Slang to arrest. Context Summary. IV. We cannot think o, any place, however remote, or obscure, or humble, where he will not be with his defending, delivering hand. Jehovah will keep thee from all evil; he will keep thy soul. AS APPLYING TO THE WHOLE OF OUR ACTIVE LIFE. The LORD will keep you from all evil; he will keep your life. 8. thy going out, &c.--all thy ways ( Deuteronomy 28:19 , Psalms 104:23 ). The LORD will protect you from all harm; He will protect your life. Psalms 121:1-8 . As they ascended the hilly slopes of Jerusalem, their faces were steadfastly set towards the place that represented the Presence ofthe Lord, the Ark of the Covenant, in the most holy place in the Temple of God, and the Mercy Seat whereby their sins could be covered until the promised Messiah of Israel came as the perfect Sacrifice. He dwelt in the mountain-group of Zion at Jerusalem, and in the other mountains of Israel. Disaster, disease, disappointment, defeat, occupy man's thoughts, and are, properly enough, from his point of view, classed as evils. 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. The Lord will keep you safe from all evil; he will take care of your soul. The LORD will keep you from all evil; he will keep your life. The official youth channel for pursueGOD.org. Psalm 121:7 (NAS) 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.. 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. PSALM 121:7. 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. He is the one that *guards your life. Whereas verse 3 suggests your Guardian will not slumber now, verse 4 stresses Israels Guardian will never slumber nor sleep. They teach us to look up. 1. It is the inward happiness and peace and joy which these things impart which gives them their value. What does the Bible say about God never sleeping? The LORD will keep you from all evil; he will keep your life. (Psalms 121:2.) 3. Popularity relative to other verses in Psalm chapter 121 using average monthly Google searches. Which made heaven and earth; i.e. Look up and listen, and again the voices of the hills will say, "The mists and the storms are all outside us; they are not us." Psalm 121:7 (GW) of This psalm teaches us to comfort ourselves in the Lord, when difficulties and dangers are greatest. "thy defense." Psalm 121:7 (RSVA) Look again at what we read in verse 2. The psalmist takes pride in the goodness of God in which he finds safety. And in the New Jerusalem, one of its sweetest promises was that its people should "go no more out forever." 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. But the very reverse was the truth. 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. Old Testament. TO OUR EXPERIENCES OF SORROW AND OF GLADNESS. II. "All things are naked and open unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do." you and be the one that *guards you. See Psalm 121:7 with its adjacent verses in bold below. Psalm 121:7 (NIRV) (Students). Information based on Strong's Exhaustive Concordance[1]. Psalm 121 is a treasure of promise for the suffering believer, whose help comes from the Lord (verse 2). 5. This comes out plainly in Perowne's rendering, "Whence should my help come? LORD ~ the covenant name for God (in a covenant you agree "Not let your foot slip" (verse 3) means "not let you "Soul-keeping is the soul of keeping. Jehovah will keep thee from all evil; He will keep thy soul. 4. The influence of the world begets a downward look, a sort of set of the eyes and heart downwards. One really obvious way that God tries to get your attention is repetition. My help comes from the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth.". It is not that he expects help from the mountainshis hope is fixed on him who made the mountains. Would we but stop and hush awhile, we might hear it always near us, saying, "Look up! It is not for the godless, but for the regenerated people of God. 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. 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). Psalms 121:7 The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil; or, "keep thee." and goes, things prosper with him, and with those that are in "Your Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.". THE GREATNESS OF OUR NEED. stars". Psalm 121:7, KJV: The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul ( Psalms 121:6-7 ). Tehillim 121:7 (OJB) Look to him at any hour in the light or in the night. v6 The sun will not Psalm 25 is an alphabet psalm, like Psalms 9 and 10. The general conduct and occupation of a man in his varied affairs are what is meant in all these passages. We will not do that, but we will reply, I. 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. The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in (comp. He constantly watches over his own. The LORD will protect you from all evil; God will protect your very life. 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. 1 I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills : from whence cometh my help. Domestic woman is world-absorbed. travelling; in all affairs, civil and religious; and not only II. And what do we see when we look down? My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth. What does Psalm 121 verse 8 mean? hills. California - Do Not Sell My Personal Information. The psalm may be understood literally, as a prayer of the persecuted who has taken refuge in the temple, or figuratively, of one who has taken refuge in God. From this time forth, and even forevermore; i.e. He will guard us from all forms of evil. To understand these figures, it is necessary to keep in mind, not only what the sun and moon actually are in Eastern countries, but also the sentiments which have gathered about them in those lands. God helps every Christian in tough times. Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. s guardianship also means he is constantly watching over our souls (verses 3b4). The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night. 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 121:2. Now the verses in Psalms are pretty straightforward, verse 4 says, God will neither slumber nor sleep. Yet at the best no absolute security can be placed in any human watchman. Psalms 121:1. The LORD guards you from every evil. 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. I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills. He then proceeds to cheer himself with assurances of God's sleepless care and protection. More insights from your Bible study - Get Started with Logos Bible Software for Free! 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. I. (See verses 2 - 7.) Hashem shall preserve thee from kol rah; He shall preserve thy nefesh. Meat, when exposed to the moonbeams, becomes quickly tainted. 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. Oar wants go so far, and strike so deep, that human sympathy does not avail; it falls short; we need more than it can bring. I have seen in Africa the newly littered young perish in a few hours, if exposed to the rays of the full moon. After a man has sinned against the Holy Ghost, there is no repentance for him. The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. It is only an agency for securing evil or good. : 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. is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. The translated Bible text has yet to go through Advanced It is a protection for life. 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." Coup de soleil was feared by day, and the deleterious influence of the moon's rays by night. The LORD will keep you from all evil. The psalmist is not promising the absence of pain or even failure. The LORD keeps you from all harm and watches over your life. Proud member The Lord keep thee from all evil; the Lord keep thy soul. He *guards you from dangers that you know about. Words in boxes are from the Bible. ADONAI will guard you against all harm; he will guard your life. He who "made heaven and earth" (Psalms 121:2) can do anything, everything, for us. ", I. Psalm 121:7 (ESV) evermore--includes a future state. covenant ~ two people have agreed what each should do His concern for the material life does but illustrate his care for the spiritual life ("This is the will of God, even our sanctification"). God guards you from every evil, he guards your very life. The same verb is used throughout. A man may be overpowered with sleep, and be physically unable to resist its advances. III. It was the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth and not the hills to whom they looked for help. God guards you from every evil, he guards your very life. God keeps His people at all times and in all perils. "The Lord shall keep thy going out and thy coming in." He will not suffer thy foot to be moved. Use this reference information to gain deeper insight into the Bible and enrich your understanding. 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, CSB: The Lord will The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil; He shall preserve thy soul. Look up!" v4 It is certain that he will not sleep. What does I lift my eyes to the hills mean? They do not remain with us; parents die; brothers and sisters are scattered far and wide; friends become estranged. Why is it good and pleasant for Gods people to be united (Psalm 133:1)? For example, if you are a student, you might be having a difficult time with your parents, friends, or teachers right now. Therefore we rest assured that the Lord will keep us flora all evil, he will keep our soul.S.C. Psalm 121:7 (YLT) Psalm 121:7 (JUB) Psalm 121:7 (GNTA) He will not suffer thy Man's enterprise may bring him into situations of bodily danger. It sounds from the bright bands of the morning, from the high silver-tinted clouds of noonday, from the splendor and glory of the far-off sunset, from the lofty trees and the hill-tops, and the soaring birds of song, and the winds that roam free, and the "jewel-powdered skies" of night. 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. "But"so ask not a few"is all that true? preserve, but prosper in all, ( Psalms 1:3 ) ; the Lord Hence such difference of rendering is often misleading, and rather a hiding than a setting forth of the Scripture's true meaning. 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. F26; and so one that, wherever he comes The hurry and bustle of thousands who are hasting to be rich. In this "God's thoughts are not as our thoughts." But to pass on to what is of more importance, the truth itself of God's sure keeping, let us. 5. The peoples voice in the psalm cries to God for deliverance on three counts. vocabulary) on Psalm 121. And he wants to help you through lifes most difficult circumstances. The time is fast approaching when today's door of grace will be shut fast and God will take us to be with Himself before He begins to pour out His wrath on a Christ-rejecting, sinful and rebellious generation. 6The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night. 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! It is not one Israelite alone over whom God will watch unceasingly, but the whole people of Israel. Perhaps it is best regarded as a psalm of the Exile. This is what the writer of this precious psalm looks for from God (see the first two verses), and this is what the psalm promises, and that with the utmost particularity. God takes eternity into view; we think only of the present. He must receive the Holy Ghost, have the heavens opened unto him, and know God, and then sin against him. It referred to Israel's journeyings from Babylon to Judah, or from wherever their abode might be, up to the great festivals. The pilgrim lifts up his eyes to the hills, and is satisfied that help is coming to him. II. Psalms 121:7 The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. But because of his ever-sustaining mercy, your faith will remain. The one that *guards Israel will never sleep. Let us be found in our work, assured that the blessings promised in this psalm are ours. 3, 4. 6-8. "which is omnipotent.". I lift up my eyes to the hills where does my help come from? 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