And their experience reminds us of some important truths. Hence whilst the idea of "going out" suggested only what was sad, that of "coming in," the return from exile, was full of joy. What does the psalmist mean when he says, I lift my eyes to the hills (Psalm 121:1). In this "God's thoughts are not as our thoughts." The same verb is used throughout. But the very reverse was the truth. Psalms 121:7 The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. There are 22 letters in the Hebrew alphabet. vocabulary) on Psalm 121. Evil takes many forms; it comes to us in every guise. What does Psalms 121 mean? We must see all our help in God; from him we must expect it, in his own way and time. The psalmist is not promising the absence of pain or even failure. 6The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night. Amazing Promises. 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.". Deu 28:6; 1 Samuel 29:6; s guardianship also means he is constantly watching over our souls (verses 3b4). 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. They knew their strength and their help. Thee Lord shall preserve them from all evil. A Illustrate from the times of Lot. F26; and so one that, wherever he comes Read the psalm and change "you" or "your" to and goes, things prosper with him, and with those that are in A STRONG, DEEP SENSE OF DEPENDENCE ON GOD IMPLANTED IN US. The peoples voice in the psalm cries to God for deliverance on three counts. Words in brackets, ( ), are Sorrow has its snares, and so has joy. He guards your life. It is all about the LORD. We need to be kept of God. v4 It is certain that Psalm 121:7 (RSVA) Psalm 121 is categorized as one of the Songs of Ascent sung by pilgrims traveling to Jerusalem. 1 I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills : from whence cometh my help. 3. (He will do this) now and always. But God does not call calamity evil. He is always there to give Variations of the Hebrew root word for "keep" appear in verses 3, 4, 5, 7, and 8. How business life tends to absorb all time, all thought, all energy, so that scarce any are left for God! He fled to the mountains; but God preserved him, not the mountain. THE GREATNESS OF OUR NEED. The moral possibilities that are in all events. of He would not only pay the price for the sins of Israel, but for the sin of the whole world. I. And this assurance carried with it the confidence that God's defense and blessing were still upon the restored nation. indeed, he who watches over Israel will neither slumber nor sleep. 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. By his merciful defendings: "No plague shall come nigh thy dwelling." v2 My help comes from the *LORD. And then there are brought forward the long array of facts which seem to make against the truth of this word. He shall preserve thy soul; or, keep thy soul. you as you go out and on your way home, (verse 8). v8 The *LORD *guards The LORD will keep you from all evil; he will keep your life. 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). Covenanters and others found safety in the rocks and mountains in days of religious persecution; but their God was their real defense. Would we but stop and hush awhile, we might hear it always near us, saying, "Look up! God gives to his beloved sleep (Psalm 127:2), and we are able to rest only because we know God never does. Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse. Not from the evil of affliction, though from that as a penal evil; or as a real one, it being made to "But"so ask not a few"is all that true? We can count on the constancy of his care. 5. He will not suffer thy "I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills," etc. (120-7) The Lord keepeth thee from all evil: may the Lord keep thy soul. Copyright 2002-2023 Got Questions Ministries. I lift up my eyes to the hills where does my help come from? II. God helps every Christian in tough times. nor the moon at night. Along with ensuring our perseverance (verse 3a), the Lord Psalm 121:7 (GW) Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. Yet at the best no absolute security can be placed in any human watchman. He shall preserve thy soul; or, keep thy soul. God watches over your life from He made the *heaven and the earth. "Not let your foot slip" (verse 3) means "not let you We must look beyond our circumstances, beyond the immediate concerns, beyond the enemies that surround us. The Lord keep thee from all evil; the Lord keep thy soul. What does Psalm chapter 121 mean? Old Testament. The translated Bible text has yet to go through Advanced 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. It is in the form of a dialogue.. Ver. the hills I find no help there. The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil; He shall preserve thy soul. Psalms 121:8 The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in (comp. Psalm 121:7, CSB: The Lord will Their provision and protection came only from the Lord. Informal to take unlawfully or dishonourably; steal. The notes explain some of the words with a *star by them. Psalm 121:7 (HNV) 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. A thousand things in common life, that seem to have no more Power of mischief in them than have the moonbeams. God watches over your life from beginning to end. *guard you also! And for ourselves the promise holds good. Behold, he who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.. He *guards you from dangers that you know about. 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). 3. Use this reference information to gain deeper insight into the Bible and enrich your understanding. He *guards ADONAI will guard you against all harm; he will guard your life. I will lift up mine eyes--expresses desire (compare Psalms 25:1 ), mingled with expectation. word list at the end explains all the words that have a *star by them. Psalm 121:7 (YLT) He will keep your soul. Genesis "*Protect If, then, a man be eternally saved, does the fact that during a period unspeakably short in comparison with eternity the man's outward life was full of trouble invalidate the promise of this psalm and prove it false? Moses was helped to realize the power of Jehovah by the daily impressions of the huge, craggy, awful mountain forms of Sinai. 8The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore. The Lord will keep us from all harm! 28:6 ) ; and such, with the poet F24, are said to go with a For Israel was a people that had known what it was to go out to drear and dreadful exile, and that more than once. Dont forget him. The Lord will protect you from all danger; he will keep you safe. Verse 2 begins with the second letter and so on. So, we probably did not misunderstand those verses. Hush the life-fever! For them. 1. II. The LORD will protect you from all evil; God will protect your very life. For to men in this world God's voice is ever calling. Drunkenness ruining a life is evil. The LORD is thy keeper: the LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand. Look up!" Now, even in this literal sense, the promise was no mean one. 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. 2. by avowing God to be the helper, of whose ability His creative power is a pledge ( Psalms 115:15 ), to which. 8 The LORD will keep your going out and your coming in from this time forth and forevermore (Psalm 121:7-8). He will take care that his people shall not fall. Now the verses in Psalms are pretty straightforward, verse 4 says, God will neither slumber nor sleep. Slang to arrest. *covenant is when two or more people agree together. He had kept it; they might be sure that he would keep it. My help cometh from the Lord; literally, my help is from the Lord. upon princes and great men? 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. Are we so kept as this psalm promisesnot the mere godless crowd, but the company of God's faithful ones: does the Lord keep them, as is here said, 'from all evil'?" He constantly watches over his own. It is a time congregations grant clergy as a period of rest and reflection to take leave of ones responsibilities. THE CREATOR OF THE UNIVERSE IS THE PROVIDENCE OF THIS WORLD. What mercy! THE preceding psalm is one of complaint; the present, one of comfort and consolation. Where is God when life gets hard? Mr. Martin says, "Of the effects of the moon on animal life very many instances could be cited. Yet even in respect of these we need the assurance of an outside and Divine protection. Why are there different names for Jesus? John Calvin summarizes the message of Psalm 85 as follows. Instead, there was danger! 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 will keep you from all evil; he will keep your life. The right hand is the working hand; let them but turn to their duty, and they shall find God ready to give them success. Psalm 121:7 (JUB) 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. These were the chief dangers of travelers, whether pilgrims or others. 5The Lord is thy keeper: the Lord is thy shade upon thy right hand. 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. Looking up, you see how earth-clouds are glorified. Makes what he sees the ground of his prompt and gracious action in their behalf. 2. II. Recognizes the relation of what he sees to his people. Psalm 121:7 (MSG) God guards you from every evil, he guards your very life. The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. 6. The psalmist addresses himself with consolatory assurances. The Lord Psalm 121:7 (WBT) 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. And how we need to be kept amid our daily work and business! My help comes from the LORD, who made heaven and earth. The Lord will protect you from all harm; He will protect your life. Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. "Our help cometh from the Lord."S.C. All kinds of evil. Fish become rapidly putrid, and meat, if left exposed, incurable or unpreservable by salt. PSALM 121:7. 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. "Certain" is another word for "sure". Do not fear him, declares the LORD, for I am with you, to save you and to deliver you from his hand.. 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. 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? Please enter your email address associated with your Salem All-Pass account, then click Continue. But: 1. 39:23 ) . He guards your life. Now, in this beautiful psalm we have a notable instance of such different rendering. 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. Which made heaven and earth; i.e. stars". preserve, but prosper in all, ( Psalms 1:3 ) ; the Lord Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. God guards you from every evil, he guards your very life. It is only an agency for securing evil or good. "thy defense." KING JAMES VERSION (KJV) TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT. Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. that sustains. The Lord keep thee from all evil; the Lord keep thy soul. 3. Psalm 121:38 continues the theme of God's protection of His people. 4. : 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. Psalm 121:7 (GNT) What does Psalms 121:7-8 mean? The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. They look for good. This may be applied to the national life of Israel. Our Lord sought seclusion among the hills of Eastern Galilee, and entered into the Divine glory on a spur of Hermon. Quotes available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. he will not sleep. The assurance rises from the particular to the general. He will be present to defend us everywhere. "He shall keep thy soul." Meat, when exposed to the moonbeams, becomes quickly tainted. Look in Psalm 120 about the covenant. It says that our help comes from God. 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 Is this Jehovah or Yahweh or YHWH or Yahua? THE PROMISE MAY BE TRUE TO THE HEART WHEN ITS FULFILLMENT IS NOT APPARENT TO THE EYE. He will not allow your foot to slip; He who keeps you will not slumber. "With his dear Son he freely gives us all things." By his wise upholdings: "Will not suffer thy foot to be moved." The same verb is used throughout. 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. Look up, and grow strong. "From whence shall my help come?" IV. Latin writers call the right side "latus aperture.". But the encouraging this is that God is here to help you through your challenges. And he *guards you when you come in. The LORD keeps you from all harm and watches over your life. With him is all power. It is only as man's spiritual nature is quickened that moral evil, as distinct from moral calamity, is apprehended. The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore. Praise to God for His gracious acts. How "the cares of this world" need to be guarded against, and "the deceitfulness of riches" also! The one duty of the watchman is to keep ever, through his watching-time, awake and alert. 1. Coup de soleil was feared by day, and the deleterious influence of the moon's rays by night. And when some terrible catastrophe occurs, as from time to time is the case, still, if we be of God's Israel, we are kept: "He shall preserve thy soul." We cannot think o, any place, however remote, or obscure, or humble, where he will not be with his defending, delivering hand. 1. They teach us to look up. 5. An EasyEnglish Translation with Notes (about 1200 word The LORD keeps you from all harm and watches over your life. connection with him: such an one was Jacob in the house of Laban, But "the question is only asked to give more effect to the answer" (Cheyne). The sun and the moon. Its important to realize that every person will face challenges in their lives, especially Christians. 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). This appears to be a prayer of the Jews in their captivity, who are solicitous for their restoration. What does it mean that my help comes from the Lord (Psalm 121:2)? 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. To get what Psalm 121:7 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for "All things are naked and open unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do." The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for the Lord is your shade at your right hand; 6 the sun will not harm you by day, nor the moon by night. In his rendering, Bloch presents a shirtless black man with his eyes lifted unto the hills, seeking relief from God. Further, we see only the surface of things; God looks at the reality. The grand, calm, strong, high thingsthey seem to be so near God; they seem to be so full of God; they bring us so near him, and fill us so full of him. Tehillim 121:7 (OJB) Psalms 121:7. 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. I was surprised to find that the word combination depicting the stumbling step in verse 3 is never used in Scripture of physical falling. The Lord's promise to be with us forever keeps us from covetousness and fear (Hebrews 13:56). In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct thy paths. The LORD will keep you from every kind of harm. As there are poison-germs in the natural atmosphere, which generate disease in us when our vitality and resisting power are low, so there are poison-germs in the moral atmosphere of our everyday associations, which only cultured spiritual life can enable us to resist. Psalms 121:2. GOD MISSES WHAT MAN SEES. Jehovah will keep thee from all evil; He will keep thy soul. And in the New Jerusalem, one of its sweetest promises was that its people should "go no more out forever." Checking. II. He will keep your soul. The hurry and bustle of thousands who are hasting to be rich. Look up; your brow will soon lose those wreathings of anxiety and care. 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." you and be the one that *guards you. The LORD will keep you from every kind of harm. He will not suffer thy foot to be moved. Were on a mission to change that. AS APPLYING TO THE WHOLE OF OUR ACTIVE LIFE. 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. 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. Who do you turn to in times of crisis? - We must not rely upon men and means, instruments and second causes. What, then, would be any man's hope of preserving moral health and safety, if we might not cherish the assurance of the psalmist, that God understands all secret perils that gather about us, and will not let the moon smite us by night? Quarrelsomeness breaking friendship is evil. We think so much of the keeping of the body, and of a man's outward circumstances. It has, indeed, no moral quality that he can recognize. 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. The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul ( Psalms 121:6-7 ). 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. And the shadow of God's curse on sin resting everywhere. That is, when a theme or message jumps out at you repeatedly. 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. Jehovah will keep thee from all evil; he will keep thy soul. It is not for the godless, but for the regenerated people of God. Psalm 121:7 (TMBA) It is almighty wisdom that contrives, and almighty power that works the safety of those that put themselves under God's protection. Words in boxes are from the Bible. But there was someone to send help: the *LORD! After Gods people returned from the Babylonian captivity they were suffering new afflictions. Psalm 121:1-2 I lift up my eyes to the mountains where does my help come from? III. not in the *Hebrew Bible. Psalms 121:8 The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore. Verse of the Day , Psalm 121:2 Treasury of Scripture Knowing. Follow the buttons in the right-hand column for detailed definitions and verses that use the same root words. THE MOUNTAINS CANNOT GIVE US HELP AND SAFETY. Jason DeRouchie is research professor of Old Testament and biblical theology at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Kansas City, Missouri, and content developer and global trainer with Hands to the Plow Ministries. Psalms 76-150, Holman Old Testament Commentary by Steven Lawson. 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. The Word of the Lord, as the Targum. The Lord will protect you from all danger; he will keep you safe. God has often refreshed his fainting servants with the sight of his everlasting hills. I. Psalm 121:7 (NLT) He dwelt in the mountain-group of Zion at Jerusalem, and in the other mountains of Israel. 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