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 hearts. See Psalms 120:1 . Ver. 1. _I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills_] Not to your mountains,... [ Continue Reading ]
My help [cometh] from the LORD, which made heaven and earth. Ver. 2. _My help cometh from the Lord_] To whom, therefore, alone I must look for help. _Sursum corda, sursum etiam capita._ Naturalists tell us, that of those twenty-eight muscles whereby the head is moved, twelve lift up the head behind... [ Continue Reading ]
He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber. Ver. 3. _He will not suffer thy foot to be moved_] Not greatly moved, Psalms 62:2, an utter prolapsion. _ He that keepeth thee will not slumber_] And if King Philip could say that he could sleep securely because his fr... [ Continue Reading ]
Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. Ver. 4. _Behold, he that keepeth, &c._] He repeateth that sweetest promise (that we may roll it as sugar under our tongues, that we may suck and be satisfied, Isa 66:11), and setteth it forth with a behold, _q.d._ mark it, "and know th... [ Continue Reading ]
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, φρουρησει, Philippians 4:7 . _ The Lord is thy shade upon thy right hand_] To shelter and shield t... [ Continue Reading ]
The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night. Ver. 6. _The sun shall not smite thee by day_] So choice and chary is God of his children, that he will have no creature to hurt them (parching heat by day or pinching cold by night), but both north and south must blow good to them, Song o... [ Continue Reading ]
The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. Ver. 7. _The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil_] Whether of sin or of punishment; from the hurt if not from the smart thereof. _ He shall preserve thy soul_] Which is oft untouched when the body is in durance. A sick serv... [ Continue Reading ]
The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore. Ver. 8. _The Lord shall preserve thy going out, &c._] Thou shalt have his safe-conduct, his public faith for thy defence, in all thy lawful enterprises at home and abroad; together with good success... [ Continue Reading ]