Psalms 121
121
Psalm 121
A song for going up to worship.
1I look up toward the mountains.
Where can I find help?
2My help comes from the Lord,
the maker of heaven and earth.
3He will not let you fall.
Your guardian will not fall asleep.
4Indeed, the Guardian of Israel never rests or sleeps.
5The Lord is your guardian.
The Lord is the shade over your right hand.
6The sun will not beat down on you during the day,
nor will the moon at night.
7The Lord guards you from every evil.
He guards your life.
8The Lord guards you as you come and go,
now and forever.
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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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