Psalms 121:5
What meaning of the psalms 121:5 in the Bible?
What does Psalms 121:5 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"The LORD is thy keeper: the LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand."
What does Psalms 121:5 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"The LORD is thy keeper: the LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand."
THE LORD IS THY KEEPER - Thy Preserver; thy Defender. He will keep time from danger; he will keep thee from sin; he will keep thee unto salvation. THE LORD IS THY SHADE - The Lord is as a shadow: as...
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....
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...
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...
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...
The LORD is thy keeper: the LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand. THE LORD IS THY KEEPER; THE LORD IS THY SHADE. "Thy shade," thy protecting shelter: a natural image to pilgrims suffering under t...
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...
THY KEEPER. — Notice again how the prominent word is caught up from the preceding verse and amplified, and then again repeated, and again amplified in Psalms 121:7, where _preserve_ is an unfortunate...
יְהוָ֥ה שֹׁמְרֶ֑ךָ יְהוָ֥ה צִ֝לְּךָ֗ עַל ־יַ֥ד יְמִינֶֽךָ׃...
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...
_Upon. Or "over." (Haydock) --- The Jews made their sanhedrim superior to the kings, as the Chaldean here insinuates. But the text rather means that both the ecclesiastical and civil courts shall be r...
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...
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...
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, i...
The LORD [is] thy keeper: the LORD [is] thy shade upon thy right hand. Ver. 5. _The Lord is thy keeper_] His peace within thee and his power without thee shall safeguard thee to his heavenly kingdom,...
_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....
THY SHADE; both to refresh thee and keep thee from the burning heat of the sun, as it is expressed in the next verse, and to protect thee by his power from all thine enemies; for which reason God is o...
Psalms 121:5 LORD H3068 keeper H8104 (H8802) LORD H3068 shade H6738 right H3225 hand H3027 thy shade - Exodus 13:21; Isaiah 4:5-6, Isaiah 25:4, Isaiah 32:2; Matthew 23:37 upon -...
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...
Exodus 13:21; Isaiah 25:4; Isaiah 32:2; Isaiah 4:5; Isaiah 4:6; Matthew 23:37; Psalms 109:31; Psalms 16:8...
Shade — To keep thee from the burning heat of the sun....