It seems to be the one universal power that this sin-smitten world possesses over its creaturesit bends their shoulders, it bows their heads, it gives, it keeps, the downward look. How can you tell if God is trying to tell you something? And they do good because, at bottom, they are lovers of good. Get our Question of the Week delivered right to your inbox! This appears to be a prayer of the Jews in their captivity, who are solicitous for their restoration. Now it is prosperity, and now adversity; it may be an intoxicating approval and adulation, or it may be a crushing depreciation and desertion; it may be a strong and sudden assault on our integrity, or it may be the more perilous approach of that which very gradually undermines or disintegrates. He will take care that his people shall not fall. "Man goeth forth to his work and to his labor until the evening;" then he cometh in for rest. Psalms 121:7. Psalm 121:7 (GNT) The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. Psalm 121:7 (CJB) What does the Bible say about God never sleeping? But: 1. The one that *guards you will not sleep. But it is true also in the moral sphere, it is the calamity side of evil which absorbs man's attention. The last clause, read as a question, is answered. What a holy power upon us the mountains have! Where is God when life gets hard? people if they obeyed him. God guards you from every evil, he guards your very life. It is in the form of a dialogue.. Ver. The LORD will protect you from all evil; God will protect your very life. you when you go out. Illustrations may be taken from the wilderness-journey of Israel. I have seen in Africa the newly littered young perish in a few hours, if exposed to the rays of the full moon. The Psalms offer an important message to those who long for sleep in the midst of lifes anxious times. He guards your life. The same verb is used throughout. The same verb is used throughout. As there are poison-germs in the natural atmosphere, which generate disease in us when our vitality and resisting power are low, so there are poison-germs in the moral atmosphere of our everyday associations, which only cultured spiritual life can enable us to resist. The Arabs universally believe that the beams of the moon are noxious to the human body; and therefore they carefully cover over their heads when they sleep in the open air. What is the context of Psalms 121:7? We'll send you an email with steps on how to reset your password. Informal to make dishonest use of (another persons idea, writing, etc. The LORD will keep you from all evil; he will keep your life. Mountains have a peculiar power to solemnize and to impress us all; and precisely what they bring to us is that sense of God which assures of his love, and help, and lead.R.T. The psalm may be understood literally, as a prayer of the persecuted who has taken refuge in the temple, or figuratively, of one who has taken refuge in God. Look up!" And in the New Jerusalem, one of its sweetest promises was that its people should "go no more out forever." They are but God's instruments for our good. 1 I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills : from whence cometh my help. III. In whatever special circumstances, or for whatever particular occasion, this psalm may have been written, it is certain that it is admirably suited to suggest New Year's thoughts to our minds. Psalm 121:7, KJV: The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. Psalm 121 is the second of the fifteen Psalms of ascent (Psalm 120 to Psalm 134). In Psalm 121:3b-4 we are told, [God] who keeps you will not slumber. Variations of the Hebrew root word for "keep" appear in verses 3, 4, 5, 7, and 8. There God had "promised his blessing, even life forevermore" (Psalms 133:3). He *guards you from dangers that you know about. Follow either of the two large buttons below to see these verses in their broader context of the King James Bible or a Bible concordance. Looking up, you find nothing of man'sit is all of God up above. If our life is thus within the constant Divine inspection, we may put away all fears, and simply "seek the kingdom of God, and his righteousness."R.T. The Lord will keep us from all harm! The restored exiles may well gain and keep full confidence in God, seeing that he had kept their national life through such anxious and imperiling times. Hence God may preserve a man's soul when he lets his outward affairs go all to ruin; for the sake of his soul this may be needed. Plead for his sustaining grace. The Lord shall preserve thy going out, and thy coming in. He will be present to defend us everywhere. Which made heaven and earth; i.e. It is almighty wisdom that contrives, and almighty power that works the safety of those that put themselves under God's protection. 5. upon thy right hand--a protector's place ( Psalms 109:31 , 110:5 ). "Lord, art thou here? Let her influence over this earth be studied; it is more powerful than is generally known." Context Summary. Learn more. Also, he would *protect Therefore we rest assured that the Lord will keep us flora all evil, he will keep our soul.S.C. My help comes from the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth. I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust. Surely he will save you from the fowlers snare and from the deadly pestilence. Even in the sanctuary they drop on bills and stock and trade. The psalmist is, as it were, holding a colloquy with himself. "Thy shade" means "thy protection." Taking the first idea, it may be shown that God's care of our natural life involves and includes all due provision for the thousandfold needs of that life. hills. Psalm 121 is categorized as one of the Songs of Ascent sung by pilgrims traveling to Jerusalem. Why are there different names for Jesus? Dishonesty found out is evil. THE GENERAL RULE OF GOD'S PROVIDENTIAL CARE IS AS HERE SET FORTH. So let mountains stand for the supreme self-efforts a man may make in his times of distress; he must be brought to the assured conviction that they cannot bring him safety. The Lord will keep you from all evil; he will keep your life. THE MOON IS THE TYPE OF THE SECRET PERILS OF THE GODLY LIFE. This shows the English words related to the source biblical texts along with brief definitions. Psalm 121:7 (KJVA) Man is profoundly interested in what happens, and is wont to stop there, and miss the meaning of what happens. 3. Looking up, listen; you may hear the voices of the hills saying, "Be still! God agreed to *protect his Not the universal, but the general rule. Elijah was calmed, and made himself again, by the soothing influences of Horeb, the mount of God. If you are looking to the Lord for your help, He will preserve you from all evil. The moon may very well be taken as the type of the secret, subtle, insidious perils of the godly life; and these are chiefly to be dreaded. "Not let your foot slip" (verse 3) means "not let you 1. Moses was sent to feel the inspirations of Sinai. Professor, Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Psalm 121 is a treasure of promise for the suffering believer, whose help comes from the Lord KING JAMES VERSION (KJV) TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT. We must come within the circle of the covenanted people of God ere we can lay claim to the fulfillment of a psalm like this. 4. Is this Jehovah or Yahweh or YHWH or Yahua? II. We do not see that the sense is obscured in this instance, but we think the emphasis and force are lessened. The mariner, heedlessly sleeping on deck, becomes afflicted with nyctolopia, or night-blindness; at times the face is hideously swollen, if exposed during sleep to the moon's rays; the maniac's paroxysms are renewed with fearful vigor at the full and change, and the cold, damp chill of the ague supervenes on the ascendency of this apparently mild yet powerful luminary. PSALM 121:7. "*Guard you" means "stop people hurting you". It is all about the LORD. II. The psalmist takes pride in the goodness of God in which he finds safety. Men know this, and are duly warned to take all precautions. The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. : any one of 15 psalms in the series Ps 120 to 134 sung by Hebrew pilgrims on their way to Jerusalem or possibly while ascending Mount Zion or the steps of the Temple. Jehovah will keep thee from all evil; he will keep thy soul. "me", "my" or "I". How powerfully we are all drawn by world-interests! v1 When I look up to Many calamitous, or what appear calamitous, events to us are not evils in the sight of tied, but, under his control, issue in our eternal good.S. If the soul be kept, all is kept. The phrase is an equivalent of "The Lord shall preserve thee in all thy ways" (Psalms 91:11). He will keep your soul. And the peace of and your minds in Christ Jesus. God's seeing includes what is by man seeable and by man unseeable; it includes what is and what is to be. The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. We naturally and rightly look to our kindred and to our friends for sympathy and succor. (120-7) The Lord keepeth thee from all evil: may the Lord keep thy soul. They do not remain with us; parents die; brothers and sisters are scattered far and wide; friends become estranged. The psalmist addresses himself with consolatory assurances. He He will not suffer thy Psalm 121:5-6. 6The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night. Look up, and you shall prove how God "wipes away all tears from our eyes."R.T. The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. you as you go out and on your way home, (verse 8). stars". v7 The *LORD is the What mercy! Wow! Copyright 2023, Bible Study Tools. What does Psalm 121 verse 8 mean? The first verse is a call to God in deep sorrow, from out of the depths or out of the deep, as it is translated in the King James Version of the Bible and the Coverdale translation (used in the Book of Common Prayer) respectively. Psalm 121:7 (YLT) Maybe its a friend or your mom. to be the contraction of (wmep GOD-DRAWN, WE LOOK UP, AND SO GROW STRONG. v6 The sun will not Far from the busy crowd. Psalm 121:7 (BBE) The Targum is. And he *guards you when you come in. "thy defense." I. WORLD-DRAWN, WE LOOK DOWN, AND SO ARE WEAK. "All evil." And is not that just what we need? III. 3. This last has sometimes been doubted, but the observation of modern travelers seems to show that bad effects actually fellow on sleeping in the moonlight in hot countries. II. I. "Soul-keeping is the soul of keeping. Psalm 121:7 (NCV) 5. Psalms 121:1-2.The person who worships God speaks the two first verses, "I will lift up mine eyes - my help cometh," - Psalms 121:1-2.. Ver. I. But the very reverse was the truth. *covenant is when two or more people agree together. are called Namphanians, as Austin observes F25; who IV. His sleepless vigilance is added. Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. Psalm 121:7 (MSG) Psalm 121:38 continues the theme of God's protection of His people. Such is a frequent meaning of the expression, "going out and coming in" (see Deuteronomy 28:6, Deuteronomy 28:19; Deuteronomy 23:20; Joshua 1:7; 1 Samuel 29:6). Please enter your email address associated with your Salem All-Pass account, then click Continue. The Lord will keep you from all evil; he will keep your life. Whence should my help come?" The Lord keep thee from all evil; the Lord keep thy soul. THE CREATOR WOULD NOT ONLY HAVE THE POWER, BUT THE DESIRE, THE DISPOSITION, TO HELP THE CHILD OF HIS LOVE. Rather, all four of its other occurrences employ it figuratively for someone who is (or anticipated being) overcome by divine judgment (Deuteronomy 32:35), personal sin or weakness (Psalm 38:16[17]), or enemy oppression (Psalm 66:9; 94:18). The LORD guards you from every evil. *guard you also! Article Images Copyright 2023 Getty Images unless otherwise indicated. My help comes from the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth.". In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct thy paths. What promise! And such persons, in the Punic language, The one peril of the night-watchman is that he might be overcome with sleep. The sun strikes the man who is in a physical condition to receive the stroke. 3, 4. The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore. But "the question is only asked to give more effect to the answer" (Cheyne). he will not sleep. The Lord will protect you from all danger; he will keep you safe. He is the one that *guards your life. The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for 5The Lord is thy keeper: the Lord is thy shade upon thy right hand. The Lord will protect you from all dangers; he will guard your life. We come in tired. The right hand is the working hand; let them but turn to their duty, and they shall find God ready to give them success. Fish become rapidly putrid, and meat, if left exposed, incurable or unpreservable by salt. THE "COMING IN" OF LIFE MAY INDICATE ITS PASSIVITIES AND QUIET RELATION-strips. Follow the buttons in the right-hand column for detailed definitions and verses that use the same root words. All kinds of evil. The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night. From this time forth, and even forevermore; i.e. Quarrelsomeness breaking friendship is evil. He constantly watches over his own. Psalm 121 answers this question for us. Hashem shall preserve thee from kol rah; He shall preserve thy nefesh. It is only an agency for securing evil or good. called also Gradual Psalm, Pilgrim Psalm, Psalm of Ascents. The translated Bible text has yet to go through Advanced Moses was helped to realize the power of Jehovah by the daily impressions of the huge, craggy, awful mountain forms of Sinai. Our Lord sought seclusion among the hills of Eastern Galilee, and entered into the Divine glory on a spur of Hermon. ", I. Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. Do not fear the king of Babylon, of whom you are afraid. Worn out, the nurse may fall asleep, but the eye of the God of all consolation is never dimmed (see Psalms 139:1-24.). And if we truly desire it, the Lord will keep our going out and our coming in, in this sense also. And it is the fact for most thoughtfully disposed persons, that more help is gained for pious meditation from mountain districts than from the changeableness of the sea, or the varying but ever-gentle beauty of the landscapes. It is only as man's spiritual nature is quickened that moral evil, as distinct from moral calamity, is apprehended. It is inconceivable that we can be placed in any circumstances or conditions which are unknown to him. The promise that the Lord watches over His people extends from every day to eternity (Psalm 121:8). Yahweh will protect you from all evil; he will protect your life. He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil; He shall preserve thy soul. Now, even in this literal sense, the promise was no mean one. One really obvious way that God tries to get your attention is repetition. Jehovah preserveth thee from all evil, He doth preserve thy soul. He that keepeth thee will not slumber. The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. Psalms 121:1. Psalm 121:7 (ASV) It shows us how God helps us when life gets hard. The one duty of the watchman is to keep ever, through his watching-time, awake and alert. This psalm is best taken as expressing the pious confidence of an individual believer, who addresses his inner self in words of comfort which are framed as if proceeding from another person. It is not one Israelite alone over whom God will watch unceasingly, but the whole people of Israel. What does it mean that my help comes from the Lord (Psalm 121:2)? But the man does not know the peril of his physical condition. Psalms 121:7. Most modern critics regard this clause as interrogative, and translate, "Whence is it that my help shall come?" Domestic woman is world-absorbed. He fled to the mountains; but God preserved him, not the mountain. Old Testament. Psalm 121 also pertains to the journey of faith that requires reliance on God. The setting of the psalm is travel to or from Jerusalem as part of a religious pilgrimage. The psalms title, A Song of Ascents perhaps indicates the psalm was intended for use during pilgrimage to Jerusalem for one of Israels festivals. He *guards The sure confidence we have today that we will remain with God tomorrow is God himself. "This God is our God forever and ever, he will be our guide even unto death" (Psalms 48:14). If you travelled from home to Jerusalem, you would go through All rights reserved. Why is it good and pleasant for Gods people to be united (Psalm 133:1)? Jehovah will keep thee from all evil; He will keep thy soul. I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. Popularity relative to other verses in Psalm chapter 121 using average monthly Google searches. If, then, a man be eternally saved, does the fact that during a period unspeakably short in comparison with eternity the man's outward life was full of trouble invalidate the promise of this psalm and prove it false? It needs to be always kept in mind that the power of temptation depends on the physical, mental, or spiritual condition in which we are found when it assails us. Praise to God for His gracious acts. But we can see him only from the heights of the soul. We are in the worldin a thousand subtle ways we are kin with the world, subject to its influences, caught by its whirl of excitement, absorbed by its pressing claims, and easily we become of the world as well as in it. (verse 2). The spiritually awakened man sees evil as God sees it; and, therefore, when he prays to be kept from all evil, he means kept from himselffrom the evil that is in him. If we could just lift up our eyes to hills and to the heavens beyond, we would catch a glimpse of the powerful God who created all of this vast universe. We think evil to be that which injuriously affects our circumstances; God sees evil as that which injuriously affects us. Read it What a glorious promise. Isaiah 27:3). Psalm 130 is the 130th psalm of the Book of Psalms, one of the Penitential psalms. Psalm 121:7 (CEB) But the encouraging this is that God is here to help you through your challenges. in Let us be found in our work, assured that the blessings promised in this psalm are ours. The Lord shall preserve you from all evil; He shall preserve your soul. not in the *Hebrew Bible. What, then, would be any man's hope of preserving moral health and safety, if we might not cherish the assurance of the psalmist, that God understands all secret perils that gather about us, and will not let the moon smite us by night? "Your Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.". The Lord will protect you from all dangers; he will guard your life. Clarke's Commentary. 1. As a song sung by travelers, this is particularly relevant for the trust My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth. II. (The Lord shall keep thee safe from all evil; yea, the Lord shall keep thee safe.). Psalm 121:7 (CSB) But he is promising that, amidst seas of adversity, the elect will remain upheld, not because of their own doing, but because of the preserving hand of God. Psalms 121:8 The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore. The LORD will keep you from all evil; he will keep your life. 39:23 ) . It is this down-looking that makes us so weak. He will not allow your foot to slip; He who keeps you will not slumber. What is the value of all God's providential mercies, his blessed keeping of us in health and external well-beingwhat is the value of it except for the effect it has upon our minds? He had kept it; they might be sure that he would keep it. It is the steadfast love of the Lord to be moved--(Compare Psalms 38:16 , 66:9 ). The Word of the Lord, as the Targum. Do not fear him, declares the LORD, for I am with you, to save you and to deliver you from his hand.. Psalm 121:7 (WEB) Arama interprets it of a man's going out into the He is always near his people for their protection and refreshment. For to men in this world God's voice is ever calling. Verse of the Day , Psalm 121:2 Treasury of Scripture Knowing. Indeed, the Hebrew word for "slumber" is the stronger term of the two. 1. The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul ( Psalms 121:6-7 ). TO OUR EXPERIENCES OF SORROW AND OF GLADNESS. The greater includes the less. The Lord will protect you from all danger; he will keep you safe. Thank You Father God that You are my ever-present help in troubled times and that by the blood of Christ I now have access to Your throne of grace, for mercy - to find help in time on need, in Jesus name I pray, AMEN. Psalm 121:7 (ESV) v2 My help comes from the *LORD. Hence such difference of rendering is often misleading, and rather a hiding than a setting forth of the Scripture's true meaning. Use this table to get a word-for-word translation of the original Hebrew Scripture. nor the moon by night--poetically represents the dangers of the night, over which the moon presides ( Genesis 1:16 ). The psalmist is not promising the absence of pain or even failure. Use the scale on the left to tell how often the verses below are googled compared to each other. Consequently, some of the things which we call evil God does not so call, because their influence on us is good. Dont forget him. The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. God's people are, after all, the happiest people under the sun. He will be our Keeper, our Shade upon our right hand (Psalms 121:5). I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. We think so much of the keeping of the body, and of a man's outward circumstances. What does Psalm chapter 121 mean? The theme of Psalm 121 is God's care of His people. Variations of the Hebrew root word for "keep" appear in verses 3, 4, 5, 7, and 8. This is the same term used in Genesis 2:15 to describe Adam's intended role in Eden. The sense of the word is to watch over. 1 I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills : from whence cometh my help. This psalm teaches us to comfort ourselves in the Lord, when difficulties and dangers are greatest. You would need someone to *protect you. The band of pilgrims who set out from Babylon to return to their native land and to re-establish the worship of God were a special and a holy company, and God did keep them as they journeyed on along the weary wilderness-ways. preserve, but prosper in all, ( Psalms 1:3 ) ; the Lord And this assurance carried with it the confidence that God's defense and blessing were still upon the restored nation. The LORD keeps you from all harm and watches over your life. Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse. There are 22 letters in the Hebrew alphabet. He guards your life. Our real self is not harmed, the Lord is our Keeper, as he said. Not for one small moment will he forget us; day and night we shall be the objects of his watchful love. Psalm 121:7-8 The Lord will keep you from all harm he will watch over your life; the Lord will watch over your coming and going both now and forevermore. Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse. As asserted in Psalm 94:1618: Who stands up for me against evil doers? The LORD will protect you from all evil; He will keep your soul. Five kinds of psalms include praise, wisdom, royal, thanksgiving, and lament. Were on a mission to change that. The Being who framed man's wonderful nature would naturally provide for its great wantsthe wants he had himself created. 2023 Caniry - All Rights Reserved We cannot think o, any place, however remote, or obscure, or humble, where he will not be with his defending, delivering hand. But everything the world presents to us is below us, beneath us; and it so keeps us looking down that the habit of down-looking grows upon us, and we are almost unable to look up. 2. IV. Proud member Psalm 121:7 (GW) Psalms 121:8. The LORD guards you from every evil. As they travelled along, they set their faces towards the Jerusalem hills, and as they advanced, they sang together the many Songs of Ascent: "I lift my eyes toward the mountains. This expression is evidently borrowed from the blessing on obedience given in Deuteronomy 28:6, "Blessed shall thou be when thou comest in, and blessed shall thou be when thou goest out." God's guardian care of His people celebrated. The Lord will protect you from all harm; He will protect your life. The King James Bible (1611) and Strong's Concordance (1890) with Hebrew and Greek dictionaries are sourced from the BibleForgeDB database (https://github.com/bibleforge) within the BibleForge project (http://bibleforge.com). The Lord's promise to be with us forever keeps us from covetousness and fear (Hebrews 13:56). The goal is to recharge the spiritual batteries and accomplish something special that time would not allow during the daily routine of clergy. The Lord is thy Keeper; the Lord is thy shade upon thy right hand. One important distinction may be Pointed out here. The peoples voice in the psalm cries to God for deliverance on three counts. Through peaks and valleys, joy and tears, he elevates his relationship to God, his being close to the living God, as truly what life is. Please enter your email address associated with your Salem All-Pass account, then click Continue. After personally celebrating Yahwehs guardianship in verses 12, the Their provision and protection came only from the Lord. V. GOD'S ETERNAL CARE IS TO KEEP THE SOUL FROM EVILFROM ALL REAL EVIL. By his wise upholdings: "Will not suffer thy foot to be moved." He will watch over your life. "The Lord shall preserve thy going out." The Lord the Keeper of Israel. Hush the life-fever! He "will not slumber," etc. By his merciful defendings: "No plague shall come nigh thy dwelling." Thee Lord shall preserve them from all evil. 2. Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. God knows, and can help him to defend himself from the peril. The world-thoughts abide with us, and even when the sabbath day brings God and heaven near, we find it very hard to get our eyes lifted up. From the times of David's persecution, he fled to the mountain country of Judaea and the south; but God preserved him, not the hills. And their experience reminds us of some important truths. "He that keepeth thee will not slumber." Whether your sleepless nights are filled with tears and prayers, diaper changing, or paper writing, God is with you with all the energy and grace you need. Uncertainties; possibly some very great joy, or some overwhelming sorrow, or some very sore perplexity, or even the last experience of death. made the *heaven (the sky and the stars) and the earth. II. A Are we so kept as this psalm promisesnot the mere godless crowd, but the company of God's faithful ones: does the Lord keep them, as is here said, 'from all evil'?" Yahweh will keep you from all evil. "All things are naked and open unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do." Perhaps it is best regarded as a psalm of the Exile. The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in (comp. He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber. Psalm 121:7 (NIV) Verse 2 begins with the second letter and so on. The words "slumber" and "sleep" are not climactic. Look up; you will feel the heaven-breath upon your face. 2. For those olden days were not days of settled law and order, in which life and property were secure, and evil-doers could scarce hope to escape punishment. "*Protect you" means "stop people The LORD will preserve thee from all evil: he will preserve thy soul. Certainties; duties, difficulties, vexations, trials, temptations, opportunities. Jehovah will keep thee from all evil; he will keep thy soul. This psalm teaches us to comfort ourselves in the Lord, when difficulties and dangers are greatest. They cannot render us all the help we need. Recognizes the relation of what he sees to his people. II. Only when he looks beyond them do they become his security; for then God makes them such. Psalm 121:7 (RHE) THE PROMISE IS NOT FOR EVERY COMMUNITY, BUT FOR THE PEOPLE OF GOD. (Psalms 121:3, Psalms 121:4). Three times a year, the men of Israel would set out for Jerusalem to celebrate the feasts of the Lord and to worship their God at the Holy Temple, which stood majestically at the top of Mount Zion.
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It seems to be the one universal power that this sin-smitten world possesses over its creaturesit bends their shoulders, it bows their heads, it gives, it keeps, the downward look. How can you tell if God is trying to tell you something? And they do good because, at bottom, they are lovers of good. Get our Question of the Week delivered right to your inbox! This appears to be a prayer of the Jews in their captivity, who are solicitous for their restoration. Now it is prosperity, and now adversity; it may be an intoxicating approval and adulation, or it may be a crushing depreciation and desertion; it may be a strong and sudden assault on our integrity, or it may be the more perilous approach of that which very gradually undermines or disintegrates. He will take care that his people shall not fall. "Man goeth forth to his work and to his labor until the evening;" then he cometh in for rest. Psalms 121:7. Psalm 121:7 (GNT) The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. Psalm 121:7 (CJB) What does the Bible say about God never sleeping? But: 1. The one that *guards you will not sleep. But it is true also in the moral sphere, it is the calamity side of evil which absorbs man's attention. The last clause, read as a question, is answered. What a holy power upon us the mountains have! Where is God when life gets hard? people if they obeyed him. God guards you from every evil, he guards your very life. It is in the form of a dialogue.. Ver. The LORD will protect you from all evil; God will protect your very life. you when you go out. Illustrations may be taken from the wilderness-journey of Israel. I have seen in Africa the newly littered young perish in a few hours, if exposed to the rays of the full moon. The Psalms offer an important message to those who long for sleep in the midst of lifes anxious times. He guards your life. The same verb is used throughout. The same verb is used throughout. As there are poison-germs in the natural atmosphere, which generate disease in us when our vitality and resisting power are low, so there are poison-germs in the moral atmosphere of our everyday associations, which only cultured spiritual life can enable us to resist. The Arabs universally believe that the beams of the moon are noxious to the human body; and therefore they carefully cover over their heads when they sleep in the open air. What is the context of Psalms 121:7? We'll send you an email with steps on how to reset your password. Informal to make dishonest use of (another persons idea, writing, etc. The LORD will keep you from all evil; he will keep your life. Mountains have a peculiar power to solemnize and to impress us all; and precisely what they bring to us is that sense of God which assures of his love, and help, and lead.R.T. The psalm may be understood literally, as a prayer of the persecuted who has taken refuge in the temple, or figuratively, of one who has taken refuge in God. Look up!" And in the New Jerusalem, one of its sweetest promises was that its people should "go no more out forever." They are but God's instruments for our good. 1 I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills : from whence cometh my help. III. In whatever special circumstances, or for whatever particular occasion, this psalm may have been written, it is certain that it is admirably suited to suggest New Year's thoughts to our minds. Psalm 121:7, KJV: The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. Psalm 121 is the second of the fifteen Psalms of ascent (Psalm 120 to Psalm 134). In Psalm 121:3b-4 we are told, [God] who keeps you will not slumber. Variations of the Hebrew root word for "keep" appear in verses 3, 4, 5, 7, and 8. There God had "promised his blessing, even life forevermore" (Psalms 133:3). He *guards you from dangers that you know about. Follow either of the two large buttons below to see these verses in their broader context of the King James Bible or a Bible concordance. Looking up, you find nothing of man'sit is all of God up above. If our life is thus within the constant Divine inspection, we may put away all fears, and simply "seek the kingdom of God, and his righteousness."R.T. The Lord will keep us from all harm! The restored exiles may well gain and keep full confidence in God, seeing that he had kept their national life through such anxious and imperiling times. Hence God may preserve a man's soul when he lets his outward affairs go all to ruin; for the sake of his soul this may be needed. Plead for his sustaining grace. The Lord shall preserve thy going out, and thy coming in. He will be present to defend us everywhere. Which made heaven and earth; i.e. It is almighty wisdom that contrives, and almighty power that works the safety of those that put themselves under God's protection. 5. upon thy right hand--a protector's place ( Psalms 109:31 , 110:5 ). "Lord, art thou here? Let her influence over this earth be studied; it is more powerful than is generally known." Context Summary. Learn more. Also, he would *protect Therefore we rest assured that the Lord will keep us flora all evil, he will keep our soul.S.C. My help comes from the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth. I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust. Surely he will save you from the fowlers snare and from the deadly pestilence. Even in the sanctuary they drop on bills and stock and trade. The psalmist is, as it were, holding a colloquy with himself. "Thy shade" means "thy protection." Taking the first idea, it may be shown that God's care of our natural life involves and includes all due provision for the thousandfold needs of that life. hills. Psalm 121 is categorized as one of the Songs of Ascent sung by pilgrims traveling to Jerusalem. Why are there different names for Jesus? Dishonesty found out is evil. THE GENERAL RULE OF GOD'S PROVIDENTIAL CARE IS AS HERE SET FORTH. So let mountains stand for the supreme self-efforts a man may make in his times of distress; he must be brought to the assured conviction that they cannot bring him safety. The Lord will keep you from all evil; he will keep your life. THE MOON IS THE TYPE OF THE SECRET PERILS OF THE GODLY LIFE. This shows the English words related to the source biblical texts along with brief definitions. Psalm 121:7 (KJVA) Man is profoundly interested in what happens, and is wont to stop there, and miss the meaning of what happens. 3. Looking up, listen; you may hear the voices of the hills saying, "Be still! God agreed to *protect his Not the universal, but the general rule. Elijah was calmed, and made himself again, by the soothing influences of Horeb, the mount of God. If you are looking to the Lord for your help, He will preserve you from all evil. The moon may very well be taken as the type of the secret, subtle, insidious perils of the godly life; and these are chiefly to be dreaded. "Not let your foot slip" (verse 3) means "not let you 1. Moses was sent to feel the inspirations of Sinai. Professor, Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Psalm 121 is a treasure of promise for the suffering believer, whose help comes from the Lord KING JAMES VERSION (KJV) TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT. We must come within the circle of the covenanted people of God ere we can lay claim to the fulfillment of a psalm like this. 4. Is this Jehovah or Yahweh or YHWH or Yahua? II. We do not see that the sense is obscured in this instance, but we think the emphasis and force are lessened. The mariner, heedlessly sleeping on deck, becomes afflicted with nyctolopia, or night-blindness; at times the face is hideously swollen, if exposed during sleep to the moon's rays; the maniac's paroxysms are renewed with fearful vigor at the full and change, and the cold, damp chill of the ague supervenes on the ascendency of this apparently mild yet powerful luminary. PSALM 121:7. "*Guard you" means "stop people hurting you". It is all about the LORD. II. The psalmist takes pride in the goodness of God in which he finds safety. Men know this, and are duly warned to take all precautions. The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. : any one of 15 psalms in the series Ps 120 to 134 sung by Hebrew pilgrims on their way to Jerusalem or possibly while ascending Mount Zion or the steps of the Temple. Jehovah will keep thee from all evil; he will keep thy soul. "me", "my" or "I". How powerfully we are all drawn by world-interests! v1 When I look up to Many calamitous, or what appear calamitous, events to us are not evils in the sight of tied, but, under his control, issue in our eternal good.S. If the soul be kept, all is kept. The phrase is an equivalent of "The Lord shall preserve thee in all thy ways" (Psalms 91:11). He will keep your soul. And the peace of and your minds in Christ Jesus. God's seeing includes what is by man seeable and by man unseeable; it includes what is and what is to be. The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. We naturally and rightly look to our kindred and to our friends for sympathy and succor. (120-7) The Lord keepeth thee from all evil: may the Lord keep thy soul. They do not remain with us; parents die; brothers and sisters are scattered far and wide; friends become estranged. The psalmist addresses himself with consolatory assurances. He He will not suffer thy Psalm 121:5-6. 6The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night. Look up, and you shall prove how God "wipes away all tears from our eyes."R.T. The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. you as you go out and on your way home, (verse 8). stars". v7 The *LORD is the What mercy! Wow! Copyright 2023, Bible Study Tools. What does Psalm 121 verse 8 mean? The first verse is a call to God in deep sorrow, from out of the depths or out of the deep, as it is translated in the King James Version of the Bible and the Coverdale translation (used in the Book of Common Prayer) respectively. Psalm 121:7 (YLT) Maybe its a friend or your mom. to be the contraction of (wmep GOD-DRAWN, WE LOOK UP, AND SO GROW STRONG. v6 The sun will not Far from the busy crowd. Psalm 121:7 (BBE) The Targum is. And he *guards you when you come in. "thy defense." I. WORLD-DRAWN, WE LOOK DOWN, AND SO ARE WEAK. "All evil." And is not that just what we need? III. 3. This last has sometimes been doubted, but the observation of modern travelers seems to show that bad effects actually fellow on sleeping in the moonlight in hot countries. II. I. "Soul-keeping is the soul of keeping. Psalm 121:7 (NCV) 5. Psalms 121:1-2.The person who worships God speaks the two first verses, "I will lift up mine eyes - my help cometh," - Psalms 121:1-2.. Ver. I. But the very reverse was the truth. *covenant is when two or more people agree together. are called Namphanians, as Austin observes F25; who IV. His sleepless vigilance is added. Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. Psalm 121:7 (MSG) Psalm 121:38 continues the theme of God's protection of His people. Such is a frequent meaning of the expression, "going out and coming in" (see Deuteronomy 28:6, Deuteronomy 28:19; Deuteronomy 23:20; Joshua 1:7; 1 Samuel 29:6). Please enter your email address associated with your Salem All-Pass account, then click Continue. The Lord will keep you from all evil; he will keep your life. Whence should my help come?" The Lord keep thee from all evil; the Lord keep thy soul. THE CREATOR WOULD NOT ONLY HAVE THE POWER, BUT THE DESIRE, THE DISPOSITION, TO HELP THE CHILD OF HIS LOVE. Rather, all four of its other occurrences employ it figuratively for someone who is (or anticipated being) overcome by divine judgment (Deuteronomy 32:35), personal sin or weakness (Psalm 38:16[17]), or enemy oppression (Psalm 66:9; 94:18). The LORD guards you from every evil. *guard you also! Article Images Copyright 2023 Getty Images unless otherwise indicated. My help comes from the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth.". In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct thy paths. What promise! And such persons, in the Punic language, The one peril of the night-watchman is that he might be overcome with sleep. The sun strikes the man who is in a physical condition to receive the stroke. 3, 4. The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore. But "the question is only asked to give more effect to the answer" (Cheyne). he will not sleep. The Lord will protect you from all danger; he will keep you safe. He is the one that *guards your life. The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for 5The Lord is thy keeper: the Lord is thy shade upon thy right hand. The Lord will protect you from all dangers; he will guard your life. We come in tired. The right hand is the working hand; let them but turn to their duty, and they shall find God ready to give them success. Fish become rapidly putrid, and meat, if left exposed, incurable or unpreservable by salt. THE "COMING IN" OF LIFE MAY INDICATE ITS PASSIVITIES AND QUIET RELATION-strips. Follow the buttons in the right-hand column for detailed definitions and verses that use the same root words. All kinds of evil. The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night. From this time forth, and even forevermore; i.e. Quarrelsomeness breaking friendship is evil. He constantly watches over his own. Psalm 121 answers this question for us. Hashem shall preserve thee from kol rah; He shall preserve thy nefesh. It is only an agency for securing evil or good. called also Gradual Psalm, Pilgrim Psalm, Psalm of Ascents. The translated Bible text has yet to go through Advanced Moses was helped to realize the power of Jehovah by the daily impressions of the huge, craggy, awful mountain forms of Sinai. Our Lord sought seclusion among the hills of Eastern Galilee, and entered into the Divine glory on a spur of Hermon. ", I. Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. Do not fear the king of Babylon, of whom you are afraid. Worn out, the nurse may fall asleep, but the eye of the God of all consolation is never dimmed (see Psalms 139:1-24.). And if we truly desire it, the Lord will keep our going out and our coming in, in this sense also. And it is the fact for most thoughtfully disposed persons, that more help is gained for pious meditation from mountain districts than from the changeableness of the sea, or the varying but ever-gentle beauty of the landscapes. It is only as man's spiritual nature is quickened that moral evil, as distinct from moral calamity, is apprehended. It is inconceivable that we can be placed in any circumstances or conditions which are unknown to him. The promise that the Lord watches over His people extends from every day to eternity (Psalm 121:8). Yahweh will protect you from all evil; he will protect your life. He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil; He shall preserve thy soul. Now, even in this literal sense, the promise was no mean one. One really obvious way that God tries to get your attention is repetition. Jehovah preserveth thee from all evil, He doth preserve thy soul. He that keepeth thee will not slumber. The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. Psalms 121:1. Psalm 121:7 (ASV) It shows us how God helps us when life gets hard. The one duty of the watchman is to keep ever, through his watching-time, awake and alert. This psalm is best taken as expressing the pious confidence of an individual believer, who addresses his inner self in words of comfort which are framed as if proceeding from another person. It is not one Israelite alone over whom God will watch unceasingly, but the whole people of Israel. What does it mean that my help comes from the Lord (Psalm 121:2)? But the man does not know the peril of his physical condition. Psalms 121:7. Most modern critics regard this clause as interrogative, and translate, "Whence is it that my help shall come?" Domestic woman is world-absorbed. He fled to the mountains; but God preserved him, not the mountain. Old Testament. Psalm 121 also pertains to the journey of faith that requires reliance on God. The setting of the psalm is travel to or from Jerusalem as part of a religious pilgrimage. The psalms title, A Song of Ascents perhaps indicates the psalm was intended for use during pilgrimage to Jerusalem for one of Israels festivals. He *guards The sure confidence we have today that we will remain with God tomorrow is God himself. "This God is our God forever and ever, he will be our guide even unto death" (Psalms 48:14). If you travelled from home to Jerusalem, you would go through All rights reserved. Why is it good and pleasant for Gods people to be united (Psalm 133:1)? Jehovah will keep thee from all evil; He will keep thy soul. I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. Popularity relative to other verses in Psalm chapter 121 using average monthly Google searches. If, then, a man be eternally saved, does the fact that during a period unspeakably short in comparison with eternity the man's outward life was full of trouble invalidate the promise of this psalm and prove it false? It needs to be always kept in mind that the power of temptation depends on the physical, mental, or spiritual condition in which we are found when it assails us. Praise to God for His gracious acts. But we can see him only from the heights of the soul. We are in the worldin a thousand subtle ways we are kin with the world, subject to its influences, caught by its whirl of excitement, absorbed by its pressing claims, and easily we become of the world as well as in it. (verse 2). The spiritually awakened man sees evil as God sees it; and, therefore, when he prays to be kept from all evil, he means kept from himselffrom the evil that is in him. If we could just lift up our eyes to hills and to the heavens beyond, we would catch a glimpse of the powerful God who created all of this vast universe. We think evil to be that which injuriously affects our circumstances; God sees evil as that which injuriously affects us. Read it What a glorious promise. Isaiah 27:3). Psalm 130 is the 130th psalm of the Book of Psalms, one of the Penitential psalms. Psalm 121:7 (CEB) But the encouraging this is that God is here to help you through your challenges. in Let us be found in our work, assured that the blessings promised in this psalm are ours. The Lord shall preserve you from all evil; He shall preserve your soul. not in the *Hebrew Bible. What, then, would be any man's hope of preserving moral health and safety, if we might not cherish the assurance of the psalmist, that God understands all secret perils that gather about us, and will not let the moon smite us by night? "Your Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.". The Lord will protect you from all dangers; he will guard your life. Clarke's Commentary. 1. As a song sung by travelers, this is particularly relevant for the trust My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth. II. (The Lord shall keep thee safe from all evil; yea, the Lord shall keep thee safe.). Psalm 121:7 (CSB) But he is promising that, amidst seas of adversity, the elect will remain upheld, not because of their own doing, but because of the preserving hand of God. Psalms 121:8 The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore. The LORD will keep you from all evil; he will keep your life. 39:23 ) . It is this down-looking that makes us so weak. He will not allow your foot to slip; He who keeps you will not slumber. What is the value of all God's providential mercies, his blessed keeping of us in health and external well-beingwhat is the value of it except for the effect it has upon our minds? He had kept it; they might be sure that he would keep it. It is the steadfast love of the Lord to be moved--(Compare Psalms 38:16 , 66:9 ). The Word of the Lord, as the Targum. Do not fear him, declares the LORD, for I am with you, to save you and to deliver you from his hand.. Psalm 121:7 (WEB) Arama interprets it of a man's going out into the He is always near his people for their protection and refreshment. For to men in this world God's voice is ever calling. Verse of the Day , Psalm 121:2 Treasury of Scripture Knowing. Indeed, the Hebrew word for "slumber" is the stronger term of the two. 1. The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul ( Psalms 121:6-7 ). TO OUR EXPERIENCES OF SORROW AND OF GLADNESS. The greater includes the less. The Lord will protect you from all danger; he will keep you safe. Thank You Father God that You are my ever-present help in troubled times and that by the blood of Christ I now have access to Your throne of grace, for mercy - to find help in time on need, in Jesus name I pray, AMEN. Psalm 121:7 (ESV) v2 My help comes from the *LORD. Hence such difference of rendering is often misleading, and rather a hiding than a setting forth of the Scripture's true meaning. Use this table to get a word-for-word translation of the original Hebrew Scripture. nor the moon by night--poetically represents the dangers of the night, over which the moon presides ( Genesis 1:16 ). The psalmist is not promising the absence of pain or even failure. Use the scale on the left to tell how often the verses below are googled compared to each other. Consequently, some of the things which we call evil God does not so call, because their influence on us is good. Dont forget him. The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. God's people are, after all, the happiest people under the sun. He will be our Keeper, our Shade upon our right hand (Psalms 121:5). I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. We think so much of the keeping of the body, and of a man's outward circumstances. What does Psalm chapter 121 mean? The theme of Psalm 121 is God's care of His people. Variations of the Hebrew root word for "keep" appear in verses 3, 4, 5, 7, and 8. This is the same term used in Genesis 2:15 to describe Adam's intended role in Eden. The sense of the word is to watch over. 1 I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills : from whence cometh my help. This psalm teaches us to comfort ourselves in the Lord, when difficulties and dangers are greatest. You would need someone to *protect you. The band of pilgrims who set out from Babylon to return to their native land and to re-establish the worship of God were a special and a holy company, and God did keep them as they journeyed on along the weary wilderness-ways. preserve, but prosper in all, ( Psalms 1:3 ) ; the Lord And this assurance carried with it the confidence that God's defense and blessing were still upon the restored nation. The LORD keeps you from all harm and watches over your life. Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse. There are 22 letters in the Hebrew alphabet. He guards your life. Our real self is not harmed, the Lord is our Keeper, as he said. Not for one small moment will he forget us; day and night we shall be the objects of his watchful love. Psalm 121:7-8 The Lord will keep you from all harm he will watch over your life; the Lord will watch over your coming and going both now and forevermore. Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse. As asserted in Psalm 94:1618: Who stands up for me against evil doers? The LORD will protect you from all evil; He will keep your soul. Five kinds of psalms include praise, wisdom, royal, thanksgiving, and lament. Were on a mission to change that. The Being who framed man's wonderful nature would naturally provide for its great wantsthe wants he had himself created. 2023 Caniry - All Rights Reserved We cannot think o, any place, however remote, or obscure, or humble, where he will not be with his defending, delivering hand. But everything the world presents to us is below us, beneath us; and it so keeps us looking down that the habit of down-looking grows upon us, and we are almost unable to look up. 2. IV. Proud member
Psalm 121:7 (GW) Psalms 121:8. The LORD guards you from every evil. As they travelled along, they set their faces towards the Jerusalem hills, and as they advanced, they sang together the many Songs of Ascent: "I lift my eyes toward the mountains. This expression is evidently borrowed from the blessing on obedience given in Deuteronomy 28:6, "Blessed shall thou be when thou comest in, and blessed shall thou be when thou goest out." God's guardian care of His people celebrated. The Lord will protect you from all harm; He will protect your life. The King James Bible (1611) and Strong's Concordance (1890) with Hebrew and Greek dictionaries are sourced from the BibleForgeDB database (https://github.com/bibleforge) within the BibleForge project (http://bibleforge.com). The Lord's promise to be with us forever keeps us from covetousness and fear (Hebrews 13:56). The goal is to recharge the spiritual batteries and accomplish something special that time would not allow during the daily routine of clergy. The Lord is thy Keeper; the Lord is thy shade upon thy right hand. One important distinction may be Pointed out here. The peoples voice in the psalm cries to God for deliverance on three counts. Through peaks and valleys, joy and tears, he elevates his relationship to God, his being close to the living God, as truly what life is. Please enter your email address associated with your Salem All-Pass account, then click Continue. After personally celebrating Yahwehs guardianship in verses 12, the Their provision and protection came only from the Lord. V. GOD'S ETERNAL CARE IS TO KEEP THE SOUL FROM EVILFROM ALL REAL EVIL. By his wise upholdings: "Will not suffer thy foot to be moved." He will watch over your life. "The Lord shall preserve thy going out." The Lord the Keeper of Israel. Hush the life-fever! He "will not slumber," etc. By his merciful defendings: "No plague shall come nigh thy dwelling." Thee Lord shall preserve them from all evil. 2. Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. God knows, and can help him to defend himself from the peril. The world-thoughts abide with us, and even when the sabbath day brings God and heaven near, we find it very hard to get our eyes lifted up. From the times of David's persecution, he fled to the mountain country of Judaea and the south; but God preserved him, not the hills. And their experience reminds us of some important truths. "He that keepeth thee will not slumber." Whether your sleepless nights are filled with tears and prayers, diaper changing, or paper writing, God is with you with all the energy and grace you need. Uncertainties; possibly some very great joy, or some overwhelming sorrow, or some very sore perplexity, or even the last experience of death. made the *heaven (the sky and the stars) and the earth. II. A Are we so kept as this psalm promisesnot the mere godless crowd, but the company of God's faithful ones: does the Lord keep them, as is here said, 'from all evil'?" Yahweh will keep you from all evil. "All things are naked and open unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do." Perhaps it is best regarded as a psalm of the Exile. The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in (comp. He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber. Psalm 121:7 (NIV) Verse 2 begins with the second letter and so on. The words "slumber" and "sleep" are not climactic. Look up; you will feel the heaven-breath upon your face. 2. For those olden days were not days of settled law and order, in which life and property were secure, and evil-doers could scarce hope to escape punishment. "*Protect you" means "stop people The LORD will preserve thee from all evil: he will preserve thy soul. Certainties; duties, difficulties, vexations, trials, temptations, opportunities. Jehovah will keep thee from all evil; he will keep thy soul. This psalm teaches us to comfort ourselves in the Lord, when difficulties and dangers are greatest. They cannot render us all the help we need. Recognizes the relation of what he sees to his people. II. Only when he looks beyond them do they become his security; for then God makes them such. Psalm 121:7 (RHE) THE PROMISE IS NOT FOR EVERY COMMUNITY, BUT FOR THE PEOPLE OF GOD. (Psalms 121:3, Psalms 121:4). Three times a year, the men of Israel would set out for Jerusalem to celebrate the feasts of the Lord and to worship their God at the Holy Temple, which stood majestically at the top of Mount Zion.
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