3 He suffereth not thy foot to be moved, Thy preserver slumbereth not.
The feet of His saints He keepeth, And the wicked in darkness are silent, For not by power doth man become mighty.
For Jehovah is at thy side, And He hath kept thy foot from capture.
Who hath placed our soul in life, And suffered not our feet to be moved.
On the hands they bear thee up, Lest thou smite against a stone thy foot.
To keep the paths of judgment, And the way of His saints He preserveth.
I, Jehovah, am its keeper, every moment I water it, Lest any lay a charge against it, Night and day I keep it!
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Commentary on Psalms 121 Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
PSALM 121
Ps 121:1-8. God's guardian care of His people celebrated.
1. I will lift up mine eyes—expresses desire (compare Ps 25:1), mingled with expectation. The last clause, read as a question, is answered,
2. by avowing God to be the helper, of whose ability His creative power is a pledge (Ps 115:15), to which,
3, 4. His sleepless vigilance is added.
to be moved—(Compare Ps 38:16; 66:9).
5. upon thy right hand—a protector's place (Ps 109:31; 110:5).
6-8. God keeps His people at all times and in all perils.
nor the moon by night—poetically represents the dangers of the night, over which the moon presides (Ge 1:16).
8. thy going out, &c.—all thy ways (De 28:19; Ps 104:23).
evermore—includes a future state.