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Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Psalms 121:3

"He will not suffer thy foot to be moved:He that keepeth thee will not slumber.""He that keepeth thee." The words "keep," "keeper" and "keepeth" appear six times in these eight verses; and this is the reason for our selection of the first title of the psalm. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Psalms 121:4

"Behold, he that keepeth IsraelWill neither slumber nor sleep.Jehovah is thy keeper:Jehovah is thy shade.""Keeper ... Shade." "Such tides of God are virtually promises."[7] What a consolation there is in the very names which God has applied to himself. He reveals himself as our Sun, Shield, Strong Tower, High Tower, Hiding Place, and our Portion. So it is with Jesus Christ: the Light of the World, the Way, the Truth, the Life, the Resurrection, the Bread of life, Redeemer, etc.Since God is our... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Psalms 121:6

"The sun shall not smite thee by day,Nor the moon by night."The simple meaning of this is that the soul under God's protection is protected alike, "from the dangers of the day and of the night."[9] God's protection should not be understood merely as protection from sunstroke and from being moonstruck.This mention of dangers from the moon at night is doubtless related to the almost "universal superstition,"[10] as Dummelow called it, that moonlight can be dangerous. This writer has no... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Psalms 121:7

"Jehovah will keep thee from all evil;He will keep thy soul.Jehovah will keep thy going out and thy coming inFrom this time forth and forevermore.""Jehovah will keep thee from all evil" (Psalms 121:7). Here is stated the actual meaning of verse 6."He will keep thy going out ... coming in" (Psalms 121:8). "This is the equivalent of, `The Lord shall preserve thee in all thy ways' (Psalms 91:11)."[11] read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Psalms 121:1

Psalms 121:0. The great safety of the godly, who put their trust in God's protection. A Song of Degrees. Title. המעלות שׁיו Shiir hammangaloth.] This psalm is thought by some to have been written by David, while he was in the field with his army during Absalom's rebellion; but if the psalms of ascent were sung by those who went up to the temple, it is most probable that it begins as with a person just come to Jerusalem, and looking round him in great anxiety towards the mountains about it for... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Psalms 121:2

Psalms 121:2. My help cometh from the Lord— My help is from the house of the Lord. מעם Meim, is not from the Lord, but from with the Lord; from where he resides. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Psalms 121:5

Psalms 121:5. The Lord is thy shade upon thy right hand— In those countries, where the heat of the sun was intolerable, shady places were esteemed as not only very refreshing, but likewise as salutary and necessary to the preservation of life. When therefore the Psalmist stiles Jehovah his shade or shelter, he means that he protected him from danger, and refreshed him with comforts. Mudge, instead of smite in the next verse, reads hurt, after the Syriac; and he observes, that they attributed... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Psalms 121:8

Psalms 121:8. The Lord shall preserve thy going out, &c.— That is; "Shall protect and prosper thee in all thy undertakings." REFLECTIONS.—In every distress the Psalmist fled to a covenant God. We have, 1. His prayer. I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, the place of God's tabernacle, or to the heavenly hills, the place where his honour dwelleth, from whence cometh my help; or it may be read interrogatively, Shall I lift mine eyes to the hills? to idols, or the mighty men of the earth?... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown