Psalms 121
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“Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.” — John 5:39
1I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.
PSALM 121
Psa 121:1-8. God's guardian care of His people celebrated.
1. I will lift up mine eyes--expresses desire (compare Psa 25:1), mingled with expectation. The last clause, read as a question, is answered,
2My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth.
2. by avowing God to be the helper, of whose ability His creative power is a pledge (Psa 115:15), to which,
3He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber.
3-4. His sleepless vigilance is added.
to be moved--(Compare Psa 38:16; 66:9).
4Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.
5The LORD is thy keeper: the LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand.
5. upon thy right hand--a protector's place (Psa 109:31; 110:5).
6The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.
6-8. God keeps His people at all times and in all perils.
nor the moon by night--poetically represents the dangers of the night, over which the moon presides (Ge 1:16).
7The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul.
8The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.
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