Psalm 121 (KJV)
Psalm 121 in the King James Version, with Matthew Henry's commentary.
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The text, King James Version
- 1I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.
- 2My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth.
- 3He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber.
- 4Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.
- 5The LORD is thy keeper: the LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand.
- 6The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.
- 7The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul.
- 8The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.
Summary of the chapter
From Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary.
The safety of the godly. --We must not rely upon men and means, instruments and second causes. Shall I depend upon the strength of the hills? upon princes and great men? No; my confidence is in God only. Or, we must lift up our eyes above the hills; we must look to God who makes all earthly things to us what they are. We must see all our help in God; from him we must expect it, in his own way and time. This psalm teaches us to comfort ourselves in the Lord, when difficulties and dangers are…