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Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 121:1-8

This psalm teaches us, I. To stay ourselves upon God as a God of power and a God all-sufficient for us. David did so and found the benefit of it. 1. We must not rely upon creatures, upon men and means, instruments and second causes, nor make flesh our arm: ?Shall I lift up my eyes to the hills???so some read it. ?Does my help come thence? Shall I depend upon the powers of the earth, upon the strength of the hills, upon princes and great men, who, like hills, fill the earth, and hold up their... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 121:1

I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills ,.... Not to the hills and mountains in Judea, looking about to see if the inhabitants of them, or any bodies of men, appeared upon them to his help in distress; rather to the hills of Moriah and Zion, where the ark of God, the symbol of his presence, was, and to whom he looked for assistance and deliverance: or to heaven, the holy hill of the Lord, and to him that dwelleth there; see Psalm 3:2 . The lifting up of the eyes is a prayer gesture, John... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 121:2

My help cometh from the Lord, which made heaven and earth. Who helps his people out of the hands of all their enemies, and out of all their troubles and afflictions; he helps them in the performance of duty, in the exercise of grace, in bearing the cross, in fighting the Lord's battles, and on in their journey; he helps them to all blessings, temporal and spiritual; to all needful supplies of grace here, and glory hereafter; and this help he gives is quick and present, suitable and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 121:3

He wilt not suffer thy foot to be moved ,.... This is either an address of the psalmist to his own soul; or to any other good man, his friend and acquaintance, assuring of stability, and of final perseverance in grace to glory. The Lord keeps the feet of his saints from falling: he will not suffer them to be moved out of the spiritual estate in which they stand; nor off of the Foundation and Rock of ages, on which their feet are set, and their goings established; nor out of the house of God,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 121:4

Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. He that kept Israel or Jacob, when asleep, and appeared to him in a dream, and promised to keep him in all places, and did; who found his posterity in the wilderness, and kept them as the apple of his eye: he keeps his spiritual Israel, whom he has chosen, redeemed, and calls; and he that is in general their keeper, is the keeper of every particular believer, who may promise themselves the utmost safety under his care; since,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 121:5

The Lord is thy keeper ,.... This explains more fully who it is that keeps Israel and particular believers, and confirms the same; not a creature, but the Lord; the Word of the Lord, as the Targum, in Psalm 121:7 , Christ, the Word and Wisdom of God; who is the keeper of his people by the designation of his Father, who has put them into his hands to be kept by him; and by their full will and consent, who commit the keeping of their souls to him; for which he is abundantly qualified,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 121:6

The sun shall not smite thee by day ,.... With its rays, which it shoots forth like darts, and which fly swiftly, and pierce and hurt: hence Apollo, the same with the sun, is represented with a bow and arrows F15 Macrob. Saturnal. l. 1. c. 17. ; so the rays of the sun seem to be called in Habakkuk 2:11 ; nor the moon by night ; this clause should be supplied, as a learned man F16 Scheuchzer. Physic. Sacr. p. 976, 977. observes, thus, "neither shall the moon cool thee by... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 121:7

Thee Lord shall preserve them from all evil ,.... The Word of the Lord, as the Targum. Not from the evil of affliction, though from that as a penal evil; or as a real one, it being made to work for good: but from the evil of sin; not from the being or commission of it; but from its dominion and damning power, or from a final and total falling away by it: and from the evil of the world; not from tribulation in it, nor from the reproach or persecution of it; but from the wickedness and lusts... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 121:8

The Lord shall preserve thy going out, and thy coming in ,.... In transacting all the business of life, in going in and out about it; in all ways, works, and conversation; in journeying and travelling; in all affairs, civil and religious; and not only preserve, but prosper in all, Psalm 1:3 ; the Lord blessing him, coming in and going out, Deuteronomy 28:6 ; and such, with the poet F24 Virgil. Aeneid. l. 8. "Adi pede sacra secundo"; & l. 10. "adsis pede diva secundo." , are... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 121:1

Unto the hills - Jerusalem was built upon a mountain; and Judea was a mountainous country; and the Jews, in their several dispersions, turned towards Jerusalem when they offered up their prayers to God. read more

Psalm-121:1-8,-proverbs-28:27-28

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 121:1-8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 121:1

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 121:2

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 121:3

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 121:4

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 121:5

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 121:6

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 121:7

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 121:8

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 121:1

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