Psalms 121
121
PSALM 121
Common Meter: 8,6,8,6
A Psalm of Ascents
1I to the hills will lift mine eyes,
from whence doth come mine aid.
2My safety cometh from the Lord,
who heav'n and earth hath made.
3Thy foot he'll not let slide, nor will
he slumber that thee keeps.
4Behold, he that keeps Israel,
he slumbers not, nor sleeps.
5The Lord thee keeps, the Lord thy shade
on thy right hand doth stay:
6The moon by night thee shall not smite,
nor yet the sun by day.
7The Lord shall keep thy soul; he shall
preserve thee from all ill.
8Henceforth thy going out and in
God keep for ever will.
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Psalms 121
121
The Lord My Guardian
1A song of ascents.
I raise my eyes toward the mountains.#The mountains: possibly Mount Zion, the site of the Temple and hence of safety, but more probably mountains as a place of dangers, causing anxiety to the psalmist.
From whence shall come my help?#Jer 3:23.
2My help comes from the Lord,
the maker of heaven and earth.#Ps 124:8; 146:6.
3He will not allow your foot to slip;#Ps 66:9; 91:12; 1 Sm 2:9; Prv 3:23.
or your guardian to sleep.
4Behold, the guardian of Israel
never slumbers nor sleeps.
5#The image of shade, a symbol of protection, is apt: God as shade protects from the harmful effects that ancients believed were caused by the sun and moon.The Lord is your guardian;
the Lord is your shade
at your right hand.#Ps 16:8; 73:23.
6By day the sun will not strike you,
nor the moon by night.#Wis 18:3; Is 25:4; 49:10.
7The Lord will guard you from all evil;
he will guard your soul.#Ps 97:10.
8The Lord will guard your coming and going
both now and forever.#Dt 28:6.
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