Psalms 121:4
What meaning of the psalms 121:4 in the Bible?
What does Psalms 121:4 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep."
What does Psalms 121:4 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep."
Verse Psalms 121:4. _HE THAT KEEPETH ISRAEL_] The Divine Being represents himself as a _watchman_, who takes care of the city and its inhabitants during the night-watches; and who is never overtaken w...
BEHOLD, HE THAT KEEPETH ISRAEL - The Keeper - the Guardian - of his people. The psalmist here passes from his own particular case to a general truth - a truth to him full of consolation. It is, that t...
PSALM 120-134 The Psalms of Degrees Fifteen brief Psalms follow, called songs of degrees, or, ascents. They were in all probability used by Israel going up to Jerusalem three times a year to celebra...
CXXI. YAHWEH'S CARE FOR HIS PEOPLE. Psalms 121:8. going out _i.e._ to the feast at Zion, and COMING IN to thy home far away, perhaps in heathen lands....
NEITHER. Hebrew. _l'o_ (like Greek. _ou)_. He will not. Absolute....
DISCOURSE: 714 SECURITY OF THOSE WHO TRUST IN GOD Psalms 121:1. _I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. My help cometh from the Lord, which made heaven and earth. He wil...
PSALMS 121 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE Jehovah the True Helper and Keeper of Israel. ANALYSIS (See Inserted Headlines.) (Lm.) Song of the Steps. (THE KING, SEEING JERUSALEM SURROUNDED BY AN ARMY.) 1 I ke...
Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. BEHOLD, HE THAT KEEPETH ISRAEL SHALL NEITHER SLUMBER NOR SLEEP. The terms in which the pilgrims committed themselves to Yahweh's care...
The song of the traveller, whose guide is Jehovah....
Psalms 107:150 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ PSALMS 121 PSALMS FOR CLIMBING; PSALMS 120:134 JESUS SAID, "WE WILL GO UP TO JERUSALEM" (LUKE 18:31). THE STORY OF PSALMS 120:134 These 15 psalms are called...
SLUMBER NOR SLEEP. — This repetition, with the addition of a synonym, offers a very good instance of the _step-like_ style supposed by many critics to give their name to these psalms. But it must be c...
הִנֵּ֣ה לֹֽא ־יָ֭נוּם וְ לֹ֣א יִישָׁ֑ן שֹׁ֝ומֵ֗ר יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃...
Psalms 121:1 How many timid, anxious hearts has this sweet outpouring of quiet trust braced and lifted to its own serene height of conscious safety! This psalmist is so absorbed in the thought of his...
WHERE TO FIND HELP Psalms 120:1; Psalms 121:1 This is the first of the “Songs of Degrees.” It has been suggested that they were pilgrim-songs to beguile the journeys from all parts of the country to...
This song, so full of beauty, marks another stage in the approach of the worshiper in that it sets forth his assurance of the present help of Jehovah. The singer is still far from the appointed place...
_The. This was the testimony, (Haydock) or ordinance of the Lord, (Calmet) which Israel had solemnly engaged to perform. (Haydock) --- All were obliged to repair thither thrice in the year; (Exodus xx...
How beautiful, how truly beautiful and soul-refreshing are these words, if considered, first, as spoken by God our Father to the person of his dear Son, as the Mediator and Head of the church; and the...
4._Behold! he who keepeth Israel will not slumber nor sleep. _(64) To recall each individual to the consideration of the common covenant, he represents the Divine providence as extending to the whole...
In Psalms 121 Jehovah is assuredly declared to be his protection. He who never slumbers nor sleeps He will not suffer his foot to be moved. The general intention is plain. I am not quite sure what is...
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 hi...
Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. Ver. 4. _Behold, he that keepeth, &c._] He repeateth that sweetest promise (that we may roll it as sugar under our tongues, that we may...
_He will not suffer thy foot to be moved_ To wit, so as to fall into mischief. He speaks, as it were, from God to himself, but, withal, to the encouragement of all good men. _He that keepeth thee will...
THE GUARDIAN CARE OF THE LORD. A song of degrees, full of believing fervor due to the consciousness of the fellowship of God with His children on earth....
No text from Poole on this verse....
Psalms 121:4 keeps H8104 (H8802) Israel H3478 slumber H5123 (H8799) sleep H3462 (H8799) he that - Psalms 27:1, Psalms 32:7-8, Psalms 127:1; Isaiah 27:3 shall - 1 Kings 18:27;...
Psalms 121 There is an affinity between souls and hills, especially for those who have become acquainted with their own solemn depths and sublime heights. In man's earthly estate wonderful heights ar...
Psalms 121:1. _I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help._ It is wise to look to the strong for strength. Dwellers in valleys are subject to many disorders for which there i...
CONTENTS: The guardian care of the Lord and the peace of His house. CHARACTERS: God, Psalmist. CONCLUSION: The Christian may stay himself upon Jehovah as a God of power, a God all-sufficient for us....
Psalms 121:1. _I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills._ Zion and mount Moriah, on which the temple stood. See on Psalms 125:2. REFLECTIONS. In the preseding psalm we found the man of God mourning...
_I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills._ GUARANTEED SECURITY I. The godly man’s need. “Help.” Can never outgrow this: dependence the characteristic of the creature: “help” must be had in the confl...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 121:1. This psalm seems to be intended to encourage confidence in those making the pilgrimage to Jerusalem (see note on Psalm 120 for the Songs of Ascents). The successful j...
INTRODUCTION This “Song of the Ascents”—a title slightly varying from that of each of the other Gradual Psalms—is as suitable as any for the Israelite’s use when not leaving his home for the earthly...
EXPOSITION THE preceding psalm is one of complaint; the present, one of comfort and consolation. The pilgrim lifts up his eyes to the hills, and is satisfied that help is coming to him. He then proce...
I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills (Psalms 121:1), For there is Jerusalem, there in the mountains of Jerusalem, up there in the hills. There is that city. There is where I'm going to stand befor...
1 Kings 18:27; Ecclesiastes 8:16; Isaiah 27:3; Psalms 127:1; Psalms 27:1; Psalms 32:7; Psalms 32:8; Revelation 7:15...