He is a wakeful, watchful Keeper; he is never weary; he not only does not sleep, but he does not so much as slumber. 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. Thats good, but understand that God is here to help you too. 8The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore. Amazing Promises. The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for Psalm 121:5-6. Psalms 121:8. 8. thy going out, &c.--all thy ways ( Deuteronomy 28:19 , Psalms 104:23 ). The Lord will keep you from all evil; he will keep your life. In Psalm 121:3b-4 we are told, [God] who keeps you will not slumber. made the *heaven (the sky and the stars) and the earth. What does it mean that God has removed our sins from us as far as the east is from the west (Psalm 103:12)? But whatever be its form, our God can "keep" us true, pure, holy. The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night. The Lord keep thee from all evil; the Lord keep thy soul. is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. 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. "From whence shall my help come?" Use the scale on the left to tell how often the verses below are googled compared to each other. Psalms 121:8. God watches over your life from It is the inward happiness and peace and joy which these things impart which gives them their value. that sustains. He *guards It is a protection for life. one that *guards you from all danger. "Soul-keeping is the soul of keeping. (The Lord shall keep thee safe from all evil; yea, the Lord shall keep thee safe.). Psalm 121:7 (NIRV) Man's enterprise may bring him into situations of bodily danger. But the man does not know the peril of his physical condition. Let us be found in our work, assured that the blessings promised in this psalm are ours. He will not suffer thy foot to be moved. Makes what he sees the ground of his prompt and gracious action in their behalf. If you are looking to the Lord for your help, He will preserve you from all evil. The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. Drunkenness ruining a life is evil. The LORD keeps you from all harm and watches over your life. Psalm 121:7 (TMBA) It needs to be always kept in mind that the power of temptation depends on the physical, mental, or spiritual condition in which we are found when it assails us. He *guards you from dangers that you know about. Thee Lord shall preserve them from all evil. The band of pilgrims who set out from Babylon to return to their native land and to re-establish the worship of God were a special and a holy company, and God did keep them as they journeyed on along the weary wilderness-ways. My help comes from the LORD, who made heaven and earth. 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.. The one duty of the watchman is to keep ever, through his watching-time, awake and alert. THE MOON IS THE TYPE OF THE SECRET PERILS OF THE GODLY LIFE. Were on a mission to change that. The Targum is. Jesus said, "I am always with you" (Matthew 28:20). 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. "Going out" was a synonym for sorrow; "coming in," for gladness and joy. 1. Where does my help come from (Psalm 121:1)? and goes, things prosper with him, and with those that are in And I will execute great vengeance upon them, love the Lord your God with all your heart, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God, Properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e., guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc, Properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense), Properly, a breathing creature, i.e., animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental). Psalm 121:7 (ASV) I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. 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. Copyright 2023, Bible Study Tools. Yet at the best no absolute security can be placed in any human watchman. What does Psalm chapter 121 mean? Genesis Yahweh will protect you from all evil; he will protect your life. Psalm 121:7 (MSG) God guards you from every evil, he guards your very life. The Being who framed man's wonderful nature would naturally provide for its great wantsthe wants he had himself created. (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 Now, in this beautiful psalm we have a notable instance of such different rendering. Is it Jesus or Yeshua? 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). By his wonderful overrulings, which constantly turn seeming evil into real and permanent good. It is only an agency for securing evil or good. It might have been written by a Daniel, as he sat at his open window, and looked away over the broad, fiat plains of Babylon toward the distant mountain-land of Israel. A man may be overpowered with sleep, and be physically unable to resist its advances. The psalmist is, as it were, holding a colloquy with himself. He made the *heaven and the earth. I. Prayers for Gods deliverance in moments of despair. The phrase is an equivalent of "The Lord shall preserve thee in all thy ways" (Psalms 91:11). Watch the video above and talk about it with a group or mentor. hurting you". Why are there different names for Jesus? Learn more. One important distinction may be Pointed out here. The Lord will protect you from all danger; he will keep you safe. 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. My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth. He shall preserve thy soul; or, keep thy soul. Then God will Many calamitous, or what appear calamitous, events to us are not evils in the sight of tied, but, under his control, issue in our eternal good.S. Jehovah will keep thee from all evil; He will keep thy soul. 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. We'll send you an email with steps on how to reset your password. Look up!" It can be through Scripture, sermons, articles, podcasts, or any other means He chooses. What is the context of Psalms 121:7? "Certain" is another word for "sure". *guarding you (verses 3, 4). of
The peoples voice in the psalm cries to God for deliverance on three counts. The one that *guards you will not sleep. And what do we see when we look down? : 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. This is the second of the series of psalms which are titled A Song of Ascents. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. 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. The sure confidence we have today that we will remain with God tomorrow is God himself. The LORD will keep you from all evil; he will keep your life. Psalms 121:2. This shows the English words related to the source biblical texts along with brief definitions. It is only as man's spiritual nature is quickened that moral evil, as distinct from moral calamity, is apprehended. THE "COMING IN" OF LIFE MAY INDICATE ITS PASSIVITIES AND QUIET RELATION-strips. Psalm 121 is the second of the fifteen Psalms of ascent (Psalm 120 to Psalm 134). Even in the sanctuary they drop on bills and stock and trade. It is his *covenant name. in THE CREATOR WOULD NOT ONLY HAVE THE POWER, BUT THE DESIRE, THE DISPOSITION, TO HELP THE CHILD OF HIS LOVE. The one that *guards Israel will never sleep. 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." He will keep your soul. 5. upon thy right hand--a protector's place ( Psalms 109:31 , 110:5 ). 1. "me", "my" or "I". LORD ~ the covenant name for God (in a covenant you agree THE "GOING OUT" OF LIFE MAY INDICATE ITS ACTIVITIES AND ENTERPRISES. Thank him. Psalm 121:7 (KJVA) Tehillim 121:7 (OJB) Covenanters and others found safety in the rocks and mountains in days of religious persecution; but their God was their real defense. slip ~ not stand in a safe way, as on ice or wet ground. He will take care that his people shall not fall. 7The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. Psalm 121 is categorized as one of the Songs of Ascent sung by pilgrims traveling to Jerusalem. This is the same "The Lord shall preserve thy going out." Informal to make dishonest use of (another persons idea, writing, etc. the hills I find no help there. Yahweh will protect you from all evil; he will protect your life. Therefore we rest assured that the Lord will keep us flora all evil, he will keep our soul.S.C. 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. 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. Domestic woman is world-absorbed. It is not one Israelite alone over whom God will watch unceasingly, but the whole people of Israel. "Shall neither slumber nor sleep." We must see all our help in God; from him we must expect it, in his own way and time. We think so much of the keeping of the body, and of a man's outward circumstances. Moses was helped to realize the power of Jehovah by the daily impressions of the huge, craggy, awful mountain forms of Sinai. Words in boxes are from the Bible. Read it Not the universal, but the general rule. Checking. 5. This same God is the One from Whom our help comes. But God does not call calamity evil. We must see all our help in God; from him we must expect it, in his own way and time. 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). Isaiah 27:3). God guards you from every evil, he guards your very life. Copyright 2002-2023 Got Questions Ministries. The same verb is used throughout. They look for good. The LORD will protect you from all evil; God will protect your very life. 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. Or illustrate from the sick-bed of the sufferer. 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. IV. Deu 28:6; 1 Samuel 29:6; Mr. Martin says, "Of the effects of the moon on animal life very many instances could be cited. Along with ensuring our perseverance (verse 3a), the Lord The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul ( Psalms 121:6-7 ). Evil takes many forms; it comes to us in every guise. 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. 2 My help cometh from the LORD : who hath made heaven and earth.What does the Bible say about God never sleeping? God has made our journeyings safe by means of what we call the inventions of science and the resources of civilization. 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." Please enter your email address associated with your Salem All-Pass account, then click Continue. What does Psalm 121 verse 8 mean? God gives to his beloved sleep (Psalm 127:2), and we are able to rest only because we know God never does. 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. Protection was especially needed on the right hand, as the side which no shield guarded. He that keepeth thee will not slumber. The moral possibilities that are in all events. "Some trust in horses, and some in chariots," and some in mountains; "but we will trust in the Name of the Lord. But we can see him only from the heights of the soul. Dishonesty found out is evil. 3, 4. Home | About | Contact | Copyright | Privacy | Cookie Policy | Terms & Conditions | Sitemap. He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber. 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. 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 preserve, but prosper in all, ( Psalms 1:3 ) ; the Lord He is able and willing to make "all grace abound" unto "all-sufficiency." 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. 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 Israelites faced tremendous dangers as they scaled the hills around Jerusalem to come to religious festivals. THE EVER-WATCHFUL WATCHMAN UNDERSTANDS. 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. I have seen in Africa the newly littered young perish in a few hours, if exposed to the rays of the full moon. 3. I. 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. 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. 39:5 Genesis He is the one that *guards your life. the Lord is your shade at your right hand; 6 the sun will not harm you by day, nor the moon by night. For man evil is calamity. 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). 2. *guard you also! The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in (comp. THE GREATNESS OF OUR NEED. Psalm 121:7 (RSV) Yahweh will keep you from all evil. Taking the second idea, we come upon God's continued interest in, and care for, the new life he has quickened in our souls. 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. Psalm 121:1-2 I lift up my eyes to the mountains where does my help come from? 6. 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. THE EVER-WATCHFUL WATCHMAN SEES. He dwelt in the mountain-group of Zion at Jerusalem, and in the other mountains of Israel. The *LORD is near you to *protect you. The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. Where is God when life gets hard? Psalms 121:7. God's seeing includes what is by man seeable and by man unseeable; it includes what is and what is to be. As a song sung by travelers, this is particularly relevant for the trust Coup de soleil was feared by day, and the deleterious influence of the moon's rays by night. Also, he would *protect The Lord will protect you from all danger; he will keep you safe. My help cometh from the Lord; literally, my help is from the Lord. Wow! God takes eternity into view; we think only of the present. Looking up, you see how earth-clouds are glorified. word list at the end explains all the words that have a *star by them. ADONAI will guard you against all harm; he will guard your life. 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). The official youth channel for pursueGOD.org. 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 And such persons, in the Punic language, 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. Thou shalt not be hurt, neither by the open assaults, nor by the secret attempts of thine enemies. called also Gradual Psalm, Pilgrim Psalm, Psalm of Ascents. Lament Psalms. He is always near his people for their protection and refreshment. He had kept it; they might be sure that he would keep it. How business life tends to absorb all time, all thought, all energy, so that scarce any are left for God! you and be the one that *guards you. Jehovah will keep thee from all evil; he will keep thy soul. God watches over your life from beginning to end. Meat, when exposed to the moonbeams, becomes quickly tainted. Look up; your brow will soon lose those wreathings of anxiety and care. 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. But to pass on to what is of more importance, the truth itself of God's sure keeping, let us. 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. Psalms 121:1-8 . "The darkness and the light are both alike to him."R.T. he will not sleep. "With his dear Son he freely gives us all things." The opening two verses form a poetic question and answer: I lift up my There are 22 letters in the Hebrew alphabet. is not this psalm actual fact? PSALM 121:7. It was the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth and not the hills to whom they looked for help. 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. ADONAI will guard you against all harm; he will guard your life. God agreed to *protect his evermore--includes a future state. What does it mean that my help comes from the Lord (Psalm 121:2)? He "will not slumber," etc. Would we but stop and hush awhile, we might hear it always near us, saying, "Look up! 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. I. The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul.. F26; and so one that, wherever he comes The LORD keeps you from all harm and watches over your life. Believe it. 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. The mariner, heedlessly sleeping on deck, becomes afflicted with nyctolopia, or night-blindness; at times the face is hideously swollen, if exposed during sleep to the moon's rays; the maniac's paroxysms are renewed with fearful vigor at the full and change, and the cold, damp chill of the ague supervenes on the ascendency of this apparently mild yet powerful luminary. It is almighty wisdom that contrives, and almighty power that works the safety of those that put themselves under God's protection. The Lord's promise to be with us forever keeps us from covetousness and fear (Hebrews 13:56). Psalms 121:7. 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. And he wants to help you through lifes most difficult circumstances. 13 tr to perform a face-lift on. It says that our help comes from God. The LORD is thy keeper: the LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand. 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. As they travelled along, they set their faces towards the Jerusalem hills, and as they advanced, they sang together the many Songs of Ascent: "I lift my eyes toward the mountains. He will be present to defend us everywhere. The LORD keeps watch over you as you come and go, both now and forever. (120-7) The Lord keepeth thee from all evil: may the Lord keep thy soul. The pilgrim lifts up his eyes to the hills, and is satisfied that help is coming to him. Psalm 121:7 (NRSA) 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." We cannot think o, any place, however remote, or obscure, or humble, where he will not be with his defending, delivering hand. Psalm 121:7 (GNT) It has been remarked by a learned Bible scholar that part of the common complaints which are often brought against our English Bible is really owing to the likes and dislikes as to the usage of words in which we English people allow ourselves. The protection vouchsafed extends to all a man is and all a man does. (Students). They cannot render us all the help we need. Follow the buttons in the right-hand column for detailed definitions and verses that use the same root words. And this assurance carried with it the confidence that God's defense and blessing were still upon the restored nation. 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. The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil; he shall preserve thy soul. He will be our Keeper, our Shade upon our right hand (Psalms 121:5). He will keep your soul. We will not do that, but we will reply, I. Psalm 121:7 (BBE) As asserted in Psalm 94:1618: Who stands up for me against evil doers? A Five kinds of psalms include praise, wisdom, royal, thanksgiving, and lament. The Lord shall preserve you from all evil; He shall preserve your soul. See Psalm 121:7 with its adjacent verses in bold below. blessing him, coming in and going out, ( Deuteronomy Oh, to lose the downward look which has so grown upon us by the pressure of life-cares! 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. All rights reserved. II. Behold, He who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.. Under this shade they may sit with delight and assurance. The LORD will protect you from all evil; He will keep your soul. You would need someone to *protect you. Psalm 121:7, NASB: The LORD will protect you from all evil; He will keep your soul. The Lord keep thee from all evil; the Lord keep thy soul. There is a very simple message here: God never sleeps, slumbers or naps. He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. "All evil." he so often does, then again we askHas not God been true to his word? Genesis; Exodus; Leviticus; Numbers; Deuteronomy; 2 My help cometh from the LORD : who hath made heaven and earth. 4. "He that keepeth thee will not slumber." And if we truly desire it, the Lord will keep our going out and our coming in, in this sense also. 10 million Ukrainians without power because of Russia. The sun and the moon. 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.". one that *guards you. Psalm 121:7 (JUB) II. Psalm 121:7 (YLT) 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. 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