*Background*
Psalms – Hebrew Title = Praises
- Psalms 120-134 = Psalms of Ascent
- 3 times a year (Festival of Passover, Pentecost, Tabernacles)
- Jews would travel to Jerusalem for these festivals.
- Jerusalem was elevated higher than all surrounding areas
Luke 2:41-42 (NLT)
41 Every year Jesus’ parents went to Jerusalem for the Passover festival. 42 When Jesus was twelve years old, they attended the festival as usual.
Psalm 121 (ESV)
121 I lift up my eyes to the hills.
From where does my help come?
2 My help comes from the Lord,
who made heaven and earth.
3 He will not let your foot be moved;
he who keeps you will not slumber.
4 Behold, he who keeps Israel
will neither slumber nor sleep.
5 The Lord is your keeper;
the Lord is your shade on your right hand.
6 The sun shall not strike you by day,
nor the moon by night.
7 The Lord will keep you from all evil;
he will keep your life.
8 The Lord will keep
your going out and your coming in
from this time forth and forevermore.
HELPER
Psalm 121:1-2 (ESV)
121 I lift up my eyes to the hills.
From where does my help come?
2 My help comes from the Lord,
who made heaven and earth.
KEEPER
Psalm 121:3-4 (ESV)
3 He will not let your foot be moved;
he who keeps you will not slumber.
4 Behold, he who keeps Israel
will neither slumber nor sleep.
PROTECTOR
Psalm 121:5-6 (ESV)
5 The Lord is your keeper;
the Lord is your shade on your right hand.
6 The sun shall not strike you by day,
nor the moon by night.
PRESERVER
Psalm 121:7-8 (ESV)
7 The Lord will keep you from all evil;
he will keep your life.
8 The Lord will keep
your going out and your coming in
from this time forth and forevermore.
KEEP (Hebrew) – preserve.