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PSALM CXXI
_The resolution of a godly man_, 1, 2.
_The safety and prosperity of such, as they and theirs shall_
_be under the continual protection of God_, 3-8.
NOTES ON PSALM CXXI
This appears...
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I WILL LIFT UP MINE EYES - Margin, “Shall I lift up mine eyes to the
hills? Whence should my help come?” The expression would properly
denote a condition where there was danger; when no help or aid wa...
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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 celebrat...
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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....
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TITLE.. SONG. Hebrew. _shir_. See App-65.
OF DEGREES. for, or relating to the degrees. Only here thus. Hebrew.
_lamma'aloth._ See note on Title of 120.
HILLS. mountains. Add. full stop.
FROM WHENCE...
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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 will...
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_The great safety of the godly, who put their trust in God's
protection._
A Song of Degrees.
_Title._ המעלות שׁיו _Shiir hammangaloth._] This psalm is
thought by some to have been written by David, w...
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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...
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I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.
The pilgrims' even-song as they caught the first sight of the hills
(Psalms 121:1) round Jerusalem. In Psalms 122:1 they reach a...
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The song of the traveller, whose guide is Jehovah....
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HILLS] RV 'mountains.' The mountains suggest strength, and the
Psalmist asks a question, 'Whence shall _my_ help come?' The answer is
given in Psalms 121:2 : 'from Him who made the mountains and all
e...
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Psalms 107:150
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
PSALMS 121
PSALMS FOR CLIMBING;
PSALMS 120:134
Jesus said, "We wi
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WHENCE. — Our version is certainly incorrect in following the LXX.
and Vulg. in making _whence_ a relative. The Hebrew word is always
interrogative; even in Joshua 2:4 it is indirectly interrogative....
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שִׁ֗יר לַֽ † מַּ֫עֲלֹ֥ות אֶשָּׂ֣א
עֵ֭ינַי אֶל...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Canticle. Hebrew, Chaldean, and Syriac add, "of David," (Calmet) who
saw in spirit the glory of the temple under Solomon, or the return of
the captives, and the felicity of souls in heaven. (Berthier)...
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CONTENTS
This is a very beautiful Psalm, if read first with reference to Jesus,
and then as suited to his people in him. Its general contents are, the
full confidence there is in God's Christ, at all...
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_HELP FROM THE HILLS_
‘I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my
help.’
Psalms 121:1
In these first words of one of the greatest Psalms of David, the
nobleness which we immediat...
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l_I will lift up my eyes to the mountains. _The inspired writer,
whoever he was, seems, in the opening of the Psalm, to speak in the
person of an unbelieving man. As God prevents his believing people...
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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...
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I WILL LIFT UP MINE EYES UNTO THE HILLS,.... Not to the hills and
mountains in Judea, looking about to see if the inhabitants of them,
or any bodies of men, appeared upon them to his help in distress;...
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Psalms 121:1 «A Song of degrees. » I will lift up mine eyes unto the
hills, from whence cometh my help.
_A Song of degrees_] On, of ascensions, in singing whereof there
should be ascensions in our he...
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_I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills_ To Zion and Moriah, called
the holy mountains, Psalms 87:1, the hills on which the tabernacle or
temple stood, where were the ark of the covenant, the oracle,...
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I WILL LIFT UP MINE EYES UNTO THE HILLS, FROM WHENCE COMETH MY HELP:
Or, shall I lift up mine eyes to the hills? whence should my help
come?...
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PSALM 121 THE ARGUMENT The matter of this Psalm sufficiently showeth
that the psalmist was conflicting with great difficulties and
oppositions, and looking. hither and thither for help, as men in such...
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Psalms 121:1 Song H7892 Ascents H4609 up H5375 (H8799) eyes H5869
whence H370 comes H935 (H8799) help...
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A SONG OF DEGREES
Literally, "of ascents." Perhaps chanted by the people as they went up
to Jerusalem to the feasts. See, for example (Psalms 112:1); (Psalms
112:2)....
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Psalms 121:1
To the mind of the Jewish poet the everlasting hills of his native
land were as shadows of the Infinite. The security which these
mountain-ranges afforded to Palestine, forming as they d...
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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 are...
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Psalms 121:1
In these first words of one of the greatest Psalms of David, the
nobleness which we immediately feel seems to lie in this, that David
will seek help only from the highest source. Nothing...
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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...
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Psalms 121:1. _I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence
cometh my help._
No help comes from anywhere else but from the eternal hills. Let us
lift up our eyes, therefore, hopefully expecti...
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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....
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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...
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_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...
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CLIMBING THE HILLS
I will lift up mine eyes unto the mountains. Psalms 121:1.
Some of you have been spending your holidays among the hills, and if
you have been among the hills there is one thing, I...
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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...
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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 J...
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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...
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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...
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Isaiah 2:3; Jeremiah 3:23; Psalms 123:1; Psalms 2:6; Psalms 68:15;...
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Hills — To Sion and Moriah, which are called the holy mountains....