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Psalm 121 Commentary

Not From The Mountain, But From The LORD

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KEY THOUGHT: My help comes from the Lord, [Psalm 121:2a NKJV]

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Psalm 121 NKJV

God the Help of Those Who Seek Him

A Song of Ascents.

121 I will lift up my eyes to the hills—
From whence comes my help?
2 My help comes from the Lord,
Who made heaven and earth.

3 He will not allow your foot to [a]be moved;
He who keeps you will not slumber.
4 Behold, He who keeps Israel
Shall neither slumber nor sleep.

5 The Lord is your [b]keeper;
The Lord is your shade at your right hand.
6 The sun shall not strike you by day,
Nor the moon by night.

7 The Lord shall [c]preserve you from all evil;
He shall preserve your soul.
8 The Lord shall preserve[d] your going out and your coming in
From this time forth, and even forevermore.

Footnotes

a. Psalm 121:3 slip
b. Psalm 121:5 protector
c. Psalm 121:7 keep
d. Psalm 121:8 keep

New King James Version (NKJV)

Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

Psalm 121 Commentary

The mountain of verse 1 may represent stability, solidness, an imposing fixture, or an immovable fortress. It could be an asset that stands taller than the rest. Your success seems to spring from there.

The psalmist looks at this mountain and knows his help doesn’t come from it, whatever mountain stands as your vantage point.

To be at the summit of the mountain, you need to climb it. But slipping and sliding backwards to the base, to ground zero, is a real danger.

The LORD will not let your foot slip!

From the vantage point of the mountain, the military could see the enemy approaching. Even then, the guards on duty needed to be awake and alert. The LORD, on the other hand, doesn’t sleep. The saint shouldn’t worry about a moment of slumber. It never happens!

You don’t have to worry at all when you are protected by Perfection!

Perfection ensures the saint is protected from all harm. Yes, all harm.

How does this psalm compare with some realities on the ground?

Suffering is real, but it cannot harm the saint. Whatever happens to the saint cannot cause harm. This psalm guarantees it!

Even persecution that causes intense pain and suffering, even one that leads to physical death, has not caused any harm at all.

No one can declare anything dead that the Creator God has declared living. John 11:25-26 seems to ponder this thought.

Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die; and whoever lives by believing in me will never die.”

This psalm provokes the thought that our understanding of harm may be wrong. We are all trying to beat the brevity of life, but the wrong way.

We are trying to achieve all we can within what we feel is the available time, but again from the wrong position. The mountain isn’t our source of help.

The resurrection is one huge statement from the LORD that even the most feared harm isn’t harm at all!

The saint can repeat this psalm: The LORD will keep you from all harm. Yes, all harm.

Loving Scripture….

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  1. It has been exciting learning how God can make things happen to his choosen one, God workout something wonderful and fulfils the promises he made to the father of Joseph.

    God’s words remains true so are his promises and indeed it has been God working out the salvation of man Kind by Grace through Faith alone.

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  11. Profound. My life needs a new introduction to God. Not that I have been right, but because God desires to help me… I see an amazing Grace here. Having broken the first commandment, still God looks for me and helps me to build up with him… And live for him. A littles knowledge of the Lord will ignite my passion and desire to serve him. This morning I pledge to seek, live and serve the Lord Jesus Christ and His purposes everyday of my life.
    Beautiful lesson

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  12. The Lord reintroduces himself and shows Israel, He is all they need. Some boast in horses and others in chariots but we’ll boast in the Lord. He is able and the only one worthy of our trust. Lord teach me how to always look up to you at all times and not focus on my strength or capabilities. This is my prayer

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  14. This far too common today. Just do something that seems like true worship yet it’s intent and actual practice is not even close to the set standard by the Lord. I personally feel challenged of some things we do in our personal lives, the focus of many churches and ministries today. We’ll need to realize the Lord must be worship as he has personally guided. Provides a good start of my reflection today

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  15. In those days when there was no King everyone did as they pleased. This is a good reminder to us that we are on own when the King of Kings isn’t leading our lives we’ll be doing what is not right and the results will show clearly how life without Christ looks like. We thank God that even when it looks like he’s not there, he’s behind the scenes working. I have learnt to trust in the Lord always.

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  16. Iam seeing this being stressed… There was no King in Israel… So lawlessness is the order of the day. This shows how heartless and wicked man can be with out the right King in his life. He can do anything. May the Lord help us to allow Christ in our lives that every aspect of our lives is changed and we yield ourselves to him alone.

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  17. I’m sure as the two daughters in-law stayed in Naomi’s home they learned about the God of Israel and appreciated His works among his people. Ruth’s determination and what she says moves my heart. She’s convinced she must go with Naomi and wants to spend her life with her, this relationship was strong especially between a mother inlaw and a daughter in-law. Yet Ruth stays and how she puts it shows the depth of her heart, I’ll go with with you, your people will be my people, your God will be my God…

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