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 to be a prayer of the Jews in their captivity, who are solicitous for their restoration. It is in the... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Psalms 121:2. _MY HELP_ COMETH _FROM THE LORD_] There is no help for me but in my God; and I expect it from no other quarter.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Psalms 121:3. _HE WILL NOT SUFFER THY FOOT TO BE MOVED_] The foundation, God's infinite power and goodness, on which thou standest, cannot be moved; and whilst thou standest on this basis, thy foot cannot be moved.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Psalms 121:4. _HE THAT KEEPETH ISRAEL_] The Divine Being represents himself as a _watchman_, who takes care of the city and its inhabitants during the night-watches; and who is never overtaken with slumbering or sleepiness. There is a thought in the _Antigone_ of _Sophocles_, that seems the co... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Psalms 121:6. _THE SUN SHALL NOT SMITE THEE BY DAY_] Thus expressed by the _Chaldee_: "The morning spectres shall not smite thee by day, during the government of the sun; nor the nocturnal spectres by night, during the government of the moon." I believe the psalmist simply means, they shall no... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Psalms 121:7. _THE LORD SHALL PRESERVE THEE FROM ALL EVIL_] Spiritual and corporeal, _natural_ and _moral_. _HE SHALL PRESERVE THY SOUL._] Take care of thy _life_, and take care of thy soul.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Psalms 121:8. _THY GOING OUT AND THY COMING IN_] Night and day - in all thy business and undertakings; and this through the whole course of thy life: _for evermore_. ANALYSIS OF THE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIRST PSALM The scope of this Psalm is to show that God alone is the refuge of the distress... [ Continue Reading ]