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But: 1. The one duty of the watchman is to keep ever, through his watching-time, awake and alert. Informal to take unlawfully or dishonourably; steal. But I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation. Disaster, disease, disappointment, defeat, occupy man's thoughts, and are, properly enough, from his point of view, classed as evils. (120-7) The Lord keepeth thee from all evil: may the Lord keep thy soul. And the peace of and your minds in Christ Jesus. 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. The translated Bible text has yet to go through Advanced 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? 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. 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. And the shadow of God's curse on sin resting everywhere. Psalms 121:1. It is not for the godless, but for the regenerated people of God. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. But there was someone to send help: the *LORD! 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. This psalm teaches us to comfort ourselves in the Lord, when difficulties and dangers are greatest. v4 It is certain that Evil takes many forms; it comes to us in every guise. The sure confidence we have today that we will remain with God tomorrow is God himself. GOD SEES WHAT MAN MISSES. Believe it. The voice calls continually, "Lift up your heads, for your redemption draweth nigh!". 13 tr to perform a face-lift on. 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." The LORD will keep you from all evil; he will keep your life. It is a time congregations grant clergy as a period of rest and reflection to take leave of ones responsibilities. He 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 the *LORD. v5 The *LORD is the But the phrase used rather implies that these will never cease. Dishonesty found out is evil. 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. He will not suffer thy foot to be moved. This is the same III. Hashem shall preserve thee from kol rah; He shall preserve thy nefesh. It is the steadfast love of the Lord The psalmist is not promising the absence of pain or even failure. Professor, Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Psalm 121 is a treasure of promise for the suffering believer, whose help comes from the Lord 3. Psalm 121:7 (YLT) you when you go out. Psalm 121:7 (ESV) 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. 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. That is, when a theme or message jumps out at you repeatedly. Which made heaven and earth; i.e. He would not only pay the price for the sins of Israel, but for the sin of the whole world. Who do you turn to in times of crisis? He will watch over your life. He is supremely concerned about us. The Lord shall keep thee inwardly and outwardly soul and body alike, from all evil and in all thy ways. Psalms 121:7. God takes eternity into view; we think only of the present. GOD-DRAWN, WE LOOK UP, AND SO GROW STRONG. He shall preserve thy soul; or, keep 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)? "Certain" is another word for "sure". called also Gradual Psalm, Pilgrim Psalm, Psalm of Ascents. The moral possibilities that are in all events. Where is God when life gets hard? There is a very simple message here: God never sleeps, slumbers or naps. Only when he looks beyond them do they become his security; for then God makes them such. OUR IDEA OF BEING KEPT AND GOD'S IDEA MAY BE VERY DIFFERENT. He does not faint or grow weary (Isaiah 40:28). They are but God's instruments for our good. Slang to arrest. Psalm 121 is categorized as one of the Songs of Ascent sung by pilgrims traveling to Jerusalem. We think evil to be that which injuriously affects our circumstances; God sees evil as that which injuriously affects us. 5. The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night. By his wonderful overrulings, which constantly turn seeming evil into real and permanent good. God has made our journeyings safe by means of what we call the inventions of science and the resources of civilization. For to men in this world God's voice is ever calling. Psalms 121:7. He fled to the mountains; but God preserved him, not the mountain. nor the moon at night. The precise associations of the psalm cannot be fixed with any certainty. 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. The theme of Psalm 121 is God's care of His people. Psalm 121:7, NASB: The LORD will protect you from all evil; He will keep your soul. The promise that the Lord watches over His people extends from every day to eternity (Psalm 121:8). Consequently, some of the things which we call evil God does not so call, because their influence on us is good. What promise! It is a protection for life. IV. II. Psalm 121:7 (HNV) What is the context of Psalms 121:7? 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. Let her influence over this earth be studied; it is more powerful than is generally known." The 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. hurt you in the day, 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 LORD will keep you from all evil; he will keep your life. 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.". We can count on the constancy of his care. It never ceases but it is replenished every dawn (Lamentations 3:2223). Psalm 121:7 (KJVA) "Not let your foot slip" (verse 3) means "not let you 2. Sorrow has its snares, and so has joy. The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil; he shall preserve thy soul. The general conduct and occupation of a man in his varied affairs are what is meant in all these passages. The LORD will protect you from all evil; God will protect your very life. "Going out" was a synonym for sorrow; "coming in," for gladness and joy. 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. v8 The *LORD *guards (here, God and his people). The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil; he shall preserve thy soul. The sun shall not smite by day, nor the moon by night; "the Lord will preserve us from all evil" (Psalms 121:6, Psalms 121:7). with someone). A STRONG, DEEP SENSE OF DEPENDENCE ON GOD IMPLANTED IN US. He that keepeth thee will not slumber. 2. by avowing God to be the helper, of whose ability His creative power is a pledge ( Psalms 115:15 ), to which. Psalm 121 The God Who Keeps and Helps. The writer is oppressed with the burdens and sorrows of exile; he remembers Zion, and he sings his soul to quietness and peace by looking away from present cares to the high hills of God, and cheers his drooping spirit by remembering how, amid all the earth-changes, the everlasting hills abide. 2017 QuotesCosmos Home About Privacy Terms Principles Sitemap Contact. The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil; He shall preserve thy soul. One really obvious way that God tries to get your attention is repetition. Yahwehs guardianship means that he ensures our perseverance. He *guards you from dangers that you do not know about, (verse 7). The sun strikes openly, and is especially perilous when it strikes on the lower part of the back of the head. Taking the second idea, we come upon God's continued interest in, and care for, the new life he has quickened in our souls. 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. Jesus said, "I am always with you" (Matthew 28:20). Psalms 121:2. 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)? But we need not miss the important fact that God's soul-keeping runs along with, and works through, our own soul-keeping. Psalm 121:7 (ASV) 5The Lord is thy keeper: the Lord is thy shade upon thy right hand. The moon may very well be taken as the type of the secret, subtle, insidious perils of the godly life; and these are chiefly to be dreaded. But it is true also in the moral sphere, it is the calamity side of evil which absorbs man's attention. Do not put your hope today in yourself, for were it not for God, you would surely slip. heaven ~ here it means "the sky and all the Please enter your email address associated with your Salem All-Pass account, then click Continue. Jehovah will keep thee from all evil; he will keep thy soul. so long as thou hast "goings out" and "comings in." 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. This is a simplified translation of the original Hebrew word. 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. foot", (See Gill on Genesis Men) , which signifies "his good" or "pleasant foot" are called Namphanians, as Austin observes F25; who Read the psalm and change "you" or "your" to The same verb is used throughout. 1. It is inconceivable that we can be placed in any circumstances or conditions which are unknown to him. 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. upon princes and great men? The sun strikes the man who is in a physical condition to receive the stroke. Deu 28:6; 1 Samuel 29:6; he will not sleep. After Gods people returned from the Babylonian captivity they were suffering new afflictions. Thee Lord shall preserve them from all evil. Psalms 120 Psalms 122 Old Testament Genesis Exodus Leviticus Numbers Deuteronomy Joshua Judges Ruth 1 Samuel 2 Samuel 1 Kings 2 Kings 1 Chronicles Certainties; duties, difficulties, vexations, trials, temptations, opportunities. Psalm 121:7 (GW) "Man goeth forth to his work and to his labor until the evening;" then he cometh in for rest. 5. upon thy right hand--a protector's place ( Psalms 109:31 , 110:5 ). Tehillim 121:7 (OJB) He will not allow your foot to slip; He who keeps you will not slumber. of We have sometimes to face the future, and then we confront: 1. And how we need to be kept amid our daily work and business! "The Lord shall preserve thy going out." A man may be overpowered with sleep, and be physically unable to resist its advances. We go out in the morning refreshed, vigorous, full of conscious power, and in some peril of stir-reliance. THE GREATNESS OF OUR NEED. 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 hurry and bustle of thousands who are hasting to be rich. 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? The LORD guards you from every evil. The greater includes the less. Illustrate from the times of Lot. The story of Psalm 121 is in the note on Psalm 120. In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct thy paths. The Lord keep thee from all evil; the Lord keep thy soul. Therefore we rest assured that the Lord will keep us flora all evil, he will keep our soul.S.C. How "the cares of this world" need to be guarded against, and "the deceitfulness of riches" also! The LORD keeps watch over you as you come and go, both now and forever. First, as a continuation of Gods grace in bringing the people back from captivity. 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. 8The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore. I will lift up mine eyes--expresses desire (compare Psalms 25:1 ), mingled with expectation. He must receive the Holy Ghost, have the heavens opened unto him, and know God, and then sin against him. to be moved--(Compare Psalms 38:16 , 66:9 ). (Psalms 121:2.) "Keep thy heart with all keepings, for out of it are the issues of life."R.T. Beyond them he must look. Behold, He who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep. What does the psalmist mean when he says, I lift my eyes to the hills (Psalm 121:1). Informal to make dishonest use of (another persons idea, writing, etc. "thy defense." He is a wakeful, watchful Keeper; he is never weary; he not only does not sleep, but he does not so much as slumber. 1 I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills : from whence cometh my help. Not from the evil of affliction, though from that as a penal evil; or as a real one, it being made to So long as thou hast `` goings out '' was a synonym for sorrow ; coming! Psalmist mean when he says, I lift my eyes to the hills ( 121:1... 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