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121 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. 5 The Lord is thy keeper: the Lord is thy shade upon thy right hand.
- Psalm 121 GNV;KJV;NKJV
Psalm 121:1 Or, about the mountains: meaning, that there is...
- Psalm 121 GNV;KJV;NKJV
- I Lift My Eyes Up
- The God Who Keeps Us
- The Christ Who Keeps Us
- Christ Keeps His Church
Psalm 121 is a “Song of Ascents”. This means that Psalm 121 was sung as God’s people made their pilgrimage to the temple in Jerusalem. The trip was long and very tiring, being made entirely on foot so God’s people would sing as they made their way to the temple. Psalm 121 is one of the songs they would sing. The Psalms starts like this: I lift up m...
The word keep (and its variations) is used 6 times in verses 3-8. We can see from these six uses, that when God keeps us: 1. he does not let our foot be moved 2. he neither sleeps nor slumbers in order to keep us 3. his keeping is like the shade at our right hand 4. he protects us from evil 5. he preserves our lives 6. he watches over our going out...
We who live in these last days know, far better than the Psalmist did, just exactly how far God would go to keep us from being separated from Him. He would go as far as separating himself from his only son that he might never separate from us. We find this assurance, that God will always keep us, in Romans 8:35-39: Who shall separate us from the lo...
I was drawn to Psalm 121 because I felt its relevance during some of the things our world has been experiencing during these troubling days. I’ve been greatly concerned about the divisions I’ve seen in the church between those who want to wear masks and those who don’t. I’ve been overwhelmed by the thought of the American Church’s complicity in rac...
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.
David Guzik commentary on Psalm 121, which is another song of ascents, declaring the secure help we have in God, who keeps us.
He who keeps you: This is the first of six times in this short psalm that the Hebrew word shamar (translated keeps and preserve) is used. The theme is that God will watch over His people as a watchman watches over the city or the party of travelers.
What is Psalm 121? Psalm 121 is a psalm from the Book of Psalms in the Hebrew Bible. It is a hymn of trust and faith in God, and it expresses the belief that God is always watching over and protecting those who put their trust in him.
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Psalm 121:1 Or, about the mountains: meaning, that there is nothing so high in this world, wherein he can trust, but only in God. Psalm 121:2 He accuseth man’s ingratitude, which cannot depend on God’s power. Psalm 121:3 He showeth that God’s providence not only watcheth over his Church in general: but also over every member thereof.
