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 Lord's promise to be with us forever keeps us from covetousness and fear (Hebrews 13:56). v4 It is certain that he will not sleep. Psalm 121:7 (YLT) How powerfully we are all drawn by world-interests! V. GOD'S ETERNAL CARE IS TO KEEP THE SOUL FROM EVILFROM ALL REAL EVIL. made the *heaven (the sky and the stars) and the earth. But God does not call calamity evil. And the mountains still soothe and calm God's people. I will lift up my eyes to the mountains; From where shall my help come? The story of Psalm 121 is in the note on Psalm 120. Psalms 121:7. 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. Look up, and grow strong. 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? Their provision and protection came only from the Lord. 28:6 ) ; and such, with the poet F24, are said to go with a Jehovah preserveth thee from all evil, He doth preserve thy soul. 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). 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. Men) , which signifies "his good" or "pleasant foot" air of this world, and of his entrance into the world to come. 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.". Warren Wiersbe describes the Valley of Baca as any difficult and painful place in life, where everything seems hopeless and you feel helpless, like the pit of despair. Get our Question of the Week delivered right to your inbox! ADONAI will guard you against all harm; he will guard your life. It was the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth and not the hills to whom they looked for help. He is able and willing to make "all grace abound" unto "all-sufficiency." God has often refreshed his fainting servants with the sight of his everlasting hills. F26; and so one that, wherever he comes ", II. 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 hills I find no help there. He It is not for the godless, but for the regenerated people of God. And in the New Jerusalem, one of its sweetest promises was that its people should "go no more out forever." Copyright 2023, Bible Study Tools. Psalm 121:7 (NRS) After personally celebrating Yahwehs guardianship in verses 12, the 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. is not this psalm actual fact? 30:30); and such a foot Joseph had wherever he went, ( And the peace of and your minds in Christ Jesus. His concern for the material life does but illustrate his care for the spiritual life ("This is the will of God, even our sanctification"). Jehovah preserveth thee from all evil, He doth preserve thy soul. your foot *slide. 7 The LORD will keep you from all evil; he will keep your life. Psalm 121:7 (BBE) I was surprised to find that the word combination depicting the stumbling step in verse 3 is never used in Scripture of physical falling. I will lift up mine eyes--expresses desire (compare Psalms 25:1 ), mingled with expectation. It is a revelation to us to discover that God's supreme interest is not in eyelets, as ours is. The goal is to recharge the spiritual batteries and accomplish something special that time would not allow during the daily routine of clergy. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. THE GENERAL RULE OF GOD'S PROVIDENTIAL CARE IS AS HERE SET FORTH. "But"so ask not a few"is all that true? The psalmist is not promising the absence of pain or even failure. How can you tell if God is trying to tell you something? He constantly watches over his own. Psalm 121:1-2 I lift up my eyes to the mountains where does my help come from? If the soul be kept, all is kept. His gracious power will overshadow us at every step we take. This psalm teaches us to comfort ourselves in the Lord, when difficulties and dangers are greatest. In his rendering, Bloch presents a shirtless black man with his eyes lifted unto the hills, seeking relief from God. This expression is evidently borrowed from the blessing on obedience given in Deuteronomy 28:6, "Blessed shall thou be when thou comest in, and blessed shall thou be when thou goest out." The Being who framed man's wonderful nature would naturally provide for its great wantsthe wants he had himself created. It is the inward happiness and peace and joy which these things impart which gives them their value. The Lord himself shall see to if, whether during the heat of the day or the chill of the night, it matters not. What a glorious promise. We go out in the morning refreshed, vigorous, full of conscious power, and in some peril of stir-reliance. The Psalms offer an important message to those who long for sleep in the midst of lifes anxious times. Where is God when life gets hard? We need to be kept of God. The Lord will keep you from all evil; he will keep your life. One important distinction may be Pointed out here. California - Do Not Sell My Personal Information. Perhaps it is best regarded as a psalm of the Exile. I. Psalm 121:7 (GNTA) 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. the *LORD. He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber. The Lord will keep you safe from all evil; he will take care of your soul. What does it mean that my help comes from the Lord (Psalm 121:2)? I. ADONAI will guard you against all harm; he will guard your life. Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. Psalms 121:8 The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in (comp. connection with him: such an one was Jacob in the house of Laban, The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil; or, "keep thee." The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. The LORD will keep you from every kind of harm. ); plagiarize. 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. Psalm 121:7 (CEBA) The hurry and bustle of thousands who are hasting to be rich. What does the psalmist mean when he says, I lift my eyes to the hills (Psalm 121:1). 5. Its important to realize that every person will face challenges in their lives, especially Christians. Consequently, some of the things which we call evil God does not so call, because their influence on us is good. Psalm 121:7 (WBT) The LORD will guard you from all evil, preserving your life. They look for good. *guard you also! "The darkness and the light are both alike to him."R.T. 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. Plead for his sustaining grace. Makes what he sees the ground of his prompt and gracious action in their behalf. The one that *guards Israel will never sleep. "The Lord shall preserve thy going out." My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth. THE MOUNTAINS CAN DIRECT US WHERE TO FIND HELP AND SAFETY. 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. In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct thy paths. The restored exiles may well gain and keep full confidence in God, seeing that he had kept their national life through such anxious and imperiling times. The LORD will keep you from all evil; he will keep your life. His sleepless vigilance is added. 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." No; my confidence is in God only. II. He that keepeth thee will not slumber. vocabulary) on Psalm 121. Coup de soleil was feared by day, and the deleterious influence of the moon's rays by night. God watches over your life from beginning to end. Tehillim 121:7 (OJB) 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. It seems to be the one universal power that this sin-smitten world possesses over its creaturesit bends their shoulders, it bows their heads, it gives, it keeps, the downward look. God helps every Christian in tough times. He will guard us from all forms of evil. The LORD keeps you from all harm and watches over your life. 7The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. 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. Variations of the Hebrew root word for "keep" appear in verses 3, 4, 5, 7, and 8. Use this table to get a word-for-word translation of the original Hebrew Scripture. 4. All rights reserved. Man is profoundly interested in what happens, and is wont to stop there, and miss the meaning of what happens. Psalm 121:7 (LEB) Fish become rapidly putrid, and meat, if left exposed, incurable or unpreservable by salt. 39:5 Genesis The Lord will protect you from all danger; he will keep you safe. More insights from your Bible study - Get Started with Logos Bible Software for Free! Psalm 121:7 (TMB) Let her influence over this earth be studied; it is more powerful than is generally known." Article Images Copyright 2023 Getty Images unless otherwise indicated. Look up; you will feel the heaven-breath upon your face. The moral possibilities that are in all events. God always sees in events that happen persons acting; and in their motives and moods and wills he sees evil or good. III. The Hebrew of verse 4 suggests a development from what precedes. Who do you turn to in times of crisis? 5. It is almighty wisdom that contrives, and almighty power that works the safety of those that put themselves under God's protection. THE MOUNTAINS CANNOT GIVE US HELP AND SAFETY. He guards your life. We come in tired. Psalm 121:7 (NLT) II. There was no help in the 1. And for ourselves the promise holds good. He will take care that his people shall not fall. A thousand things in common life, that seem to have no more Power of mischief in them than have the moonbeams. Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. 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. Mountains have a peculiar power to solemnize and to impress us all; and precisely what they bring to us is that sense of God which assures of his love, and help, and lead.R.T. Psalms 121:7. Psalms 121:7 The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. What mercy! The Lord keep thee from all evil; the Lord keep thy soul. He never sleeps, so he never stops indeed, he who watches over Israel will neither slumber nor sleep. The LORD will preserve thee from all evil: he will preserve thy soul. Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. And their experience reminds us of some important truths. Psalm 121:38 continues the theme of God's protection of His people. A The Lord the Keeper of Israel. 5The Lord is thy keeper: the Lord is thy shade upon thy right hand. He *guards you from dangers that you know about. fall". What are we to say? Were on a mission to change that. But the man does not know the peril of his physical condition. Amazing Promises. The theme of Psalm 121 is God's care of His people. God agreed to *protect his 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 121:7 (MSG) God guards you from every evil, he guards your very life. PSALM 121:7. The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil; He shall preserve thy soul. of The one that *guards you will not sleep. The Lord shall prevent the evil thou fearest, and sanctify, remove, or lighten the evil thou feelest. In whatever special circumstances, or for whatever particular occasion, this psalm may have been written, it is certain that it is admirably suited to suggest New Year's thoughts to our minds. Professor, Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Psalm 121 is a treasure of promise for the suffering believer, whose help comes from the Lord 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. The Lord This psalm gives us a picture of a Christian pilgrim with a deep longing for God finding the greatest blessedness in his journey being the worship of the Lord. Help us purchase electrical generators for churches. We must see all our help in God; from him we must expect it, in his own way and time. The LORD will protect you from all harm; He will protect your life. The sun strikes openly, and is especially perilous when it strikes on the lower part of the back of the head. It never ceases but it is replenished every dawn (Lamentations 3:2223). Covenanters and others found safety in the rocks and mountains in days of religious persecution; but their God was their real defense. Psalm 121:7 (RSV) 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. II. New American Standard Bible Chapter Parallel Psalm 121:7 (NAS) The LORD will protect you from all evil; He Psalm 121:7 (NAS) 2017 QuotesCosmos Home About Privacy Terms Principles Sitemap Contact. The LORD keeps you from all harm and watches over your life. 39:23 ) . 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. The LORD guards you from every evil. He must receive the Holy Ghost, have the heavens opened unto him, and know God, and then sin against him. "Keep thy heart with all keepings, for out of it are the issues of life."R.T. Words in brackets, ( ), are Jehovah will keep thee from all evil; He will keep thy soul. Disease, accident, death, the overwhelming by earthquakes, lightning, flood, storm; by the ferocity or the folly of men, and by any of the ten thousand ills which flesh is heir to. Clarke's Commentary. Illustrate by the fact that the sunstroke is only an occasional peril. (here, God and his people). The official youth channel for pursueGOD.org. The right hand is the working hand; let them but turn to their duty, and they shall find God ready to give them success. ", I. Yahweh will keep you from all evil. "Our help cometh from the Lord."S.C. My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth. The LORD will keep you from all evil. This publication is written in EasyEnglish Level A (1200 words). He will not suffer thy God has made our journeyings safe by means of what we call the inventions of science and the resources of civilization. "Shall neither slumber nor sleep." The Lord shall preserve thy going out, and thy coming What promise! As asserted in Psalm 94:1618: Who stands up for me against evil doers? By his wonderful overrulings, which constantly turn seeming evil into real and permanent good. v7 The *LORD is the He will keep your soul. And this assurance carried with it the confidence that God's defense and blessing were still upon the restored nation. The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil; He shall preserve thy soul. Quotes available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. 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 the Bible say about God never sleeping? Genesis; Exodus; Leviticus; Numbers; Deuteronomy; Slang to arrest. Psalm 121:7 (CJB) And is not that just what we need? THE "COMING IN" OF LIFE MAY INDICATE ITS PASSIVITIES AND QUIET RELATION-strips. We all face challenges. Psalm 121:7 (NIRV) 2. They appeal to both poetic and religious feeling. Recognizes the relation of what he sees to his people. Psalm 121:7, NASB: The LORD will protect you from all evil; He will keep your soul. The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. THE GREATNESS OF OUR NEED. 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. 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. What does I lift my eyes to the hills mean? "*Protect you" means "stop people 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. Yahweh will protect you from all evil; he will protect your life. And the shadow of God's curse on sin resting everywhere. He is a wakeful, watchful Keeper; he is never weary; he not only does not sleep, but he does not so much as slumber. There God had "promised his blessing, even life forevermore" (Psalms 133:3). What does it mean that God has removed our sins from us as far as the east is from the west (Psalm 103:12)? Men know this, and are duly warned to take all precautions. 2. He then proceeds to cheer himself with assurances of God's sleepless care and protection. These were the chief dangers of travelers, whether pilgrims or others. Psalm 121:7 (CEB) 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. Believe it. He is the one that *guards your life. It is a time congregations grant clergy as a period of rest and reflection to take leave of ones responsibilities. Psalms 121:3.The ministering priest answers him, "He will not suffer thy foot to be moved." But I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation. Thee Lord shall preserve them from all evil. Article Images Copyright 2023 Getty Images unless otherwise indicated. The last clause, read as a question, is answered. He will preserve the soul, that it be not defiled by sin, and disturbed by affliction; he will preserve it from perishing eternally. Taking the second idea, we come upon God's continued interest in, and care for, the new life he has quickened in our souls. The peoples voice in the psalm cries to God for deliverance on three counts. He is a wakeful, watchful Keeper; he is never weary; he not only does not sleep, but he does not so much as slumber. The precise associations of the psalm cannot be fixed with any certainty. Popularity rankings are based on search volume data from the Google AdWords Keyword Planner tool. Much of self, of man, and of things. Thank him. I. The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil; he shall preserve thy soul. The sure confidence we have today that we will remain with God tomorrow is God himself. Then God will Psalm 121:7 (CSB) Thanksgiving Psalms. Psalm 121:7 (NIV) If he were but free from the answering of his moral evil, nothing that could happen would be a real calamity.R.T. Designed by Elegant Themes | Powered by WordPress. The protection vouchsafed extends to all a man is and all a man does. Yet even in respect of these we need the assurance of an outside and Divine protection. I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills. Yet at the best no absolute security can be placed in any human watchman. The LORD will protect you from all evil; God will protect your very life. 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). Is this Jehovah or Yahweh or YHWH or Yahua? 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). In this "God's thoughts are not as our thoughts." II. (verse 2). LORD ~ the covenant name for God (in a covenant you agree Most modern critics regard this clause as interrogative, and translate, "Whence is it that my help shall come?" This psalm teaches us to comfort ourselves in the Lord, when difficulties and dangers are greatest. 3, 4. "thy defense." My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth. But the encouraging this is that God is here to help you through your challenges. III. 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.. He "will not slumber," etc. People that robbed you hid in the Which made heaven and earth; i.e. It is the steadfast love of the Lord We can count on the constancy of his care. GOD-DRAWN, WE LOOK UP, AND SO GROW STRONG. John Calvin summarizes the message of Psalm 85 as follows. Psalm 121:7 (KJVA) GOD MISSES WHAT MAN SEES. Now, in this beautiful psalm we have a notable instance of such different rendering. Man's enterprise may bring him into situations of bodily danger. Under this shade they may sit with delight and assurance. (Psalms 121:2.) v3 He will not let your foot *slide. Jehovah will keep thee from all evil; he will keep thy soul. about it; in all ways, works, and conversation; in journeying and This page was last modified on September 15, 2017, at 5:16 AM. THE CREATOR WOULD NOT ONLY HAVE THE POWER, BUT THE DESIRE, THE DISPOSITION, TO HELP THE CHILD OF HIS LOVE. He will be present to defend us everywhere. Psalms 121:1. 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. 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. Business man is world-absorbed. 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. Copyright 2002-2023 Got Questions Ministries. 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. I lift up my eyes to the hills where does my help come from? Psalm 121:7 (NRSA) God will not allow any evil to approach him, so as to do him hurt. the Lord is your shade at your right hand; 6 the sun will not harm you by day, nor the moon by night. Elijah was calmed, and made himself again, by the soothing influences of Horeb, the mount of God. 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. "me", "my" or "I". 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. 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. Too often we are just shortsighted. v2 My help comes from There can come no difficulty, no entanglement, from which he cannot deliver us; there can come no sorrow in which he will not be able to support us. The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night. THE EVER-WATCHFUL WATCHMAN SEES. He will not allow your foot to slip; He who keeps you will not slumber. And they do good because, at bottom, they are lovers of good. They teach us to look up. whom the Lord blessed, as he says, "since my coming", or at "my God's guardian care of His people celebrated. *guarding you (verses 3, 4). He will keep your soul. This comes out plainly in Perowne's rendering, "Whence should my help come? Absolute security of defense lies in God, and we may fully trust in him. "With his dear Son he freely gives us all things." Psalm 121:7 (MSG) Most people in the world have no experience of lasting joy in their lives. He will keep your soul. What does Psalms 121 mean? The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore. 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. Praise God that our strength and help, provision and protection comes from the Lord, the maker of heaven and earth, and He will never leave us nor forsake us but will be our ever-present help. For Israel was a people that had known what it was to go out to drear and dreadful exile, and that more than once. Just because you follow God, it doesnt mean that you will not face tough times in life. 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. hurting you". Look to him at any hour in the light or in the night. Psalms 121. A Song of degrees. 1 I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. 2 My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth. 3 He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber. 4 Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. one that *guards you. Watch the video above and talk about it with a group or mentor. He will be our Keeper, our Shade upon our right hand (Psalms 121:5). Psalm 121:7 (DBY) It is only an agency for securing evil or good. Disaster, disease, disappointment, defeat, occupy man's thoughts, and are, properly enough, from his point of view, classed as evils. Psalms 121:1-8 . evermore--includes a future state. Popularity relative to other verses in Psalm chapter 121 using average monthly Google searches. You would need someone to *protect you. My help comes from the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth. Remain dependent on him. Psalms 121:8. 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