Psalms 121
King James Version (KJV) · English
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. 5 The Lord is thy keeper: the Lord is thy shade upon thy right hand. 6 The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night. 7 The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. 8 The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.
Commentary — not Bible text
Psalms 121:1
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,
Psalms 121:2
2. by avowing God to be the helper, of whose ability His creative power is a pledge (Psa 115:15), to which,
Psalms 121:3-4
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5. upon thy right hand--a protector's place (Psa 109:31; 110:5).
Psalms 121:6-8
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).
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