121 1 This Psalm teacheth that the faithful ought only to look for help at God, 7 who only doth maintain, preserve and prosper his Church.
A song of degrees.
1 I will lift up mine eyes [a]unto the mountains, from whence my help shall come.
2 Mine help cometh from the Lord, which hath made the [b]heaven and the earth.
3 He will not suffer thy foot to slip: for he that keepeth thee, will not [c]slumber.
4 Behold, he that keepeth Israel, will neither slumber nor sleep.
5 The Lord is thy keeper: the Lord is thy shadow at thy right hand.
6 The sun shall not [d]smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.
7 The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall keep thy soul.
8 The Lord shall preserve thy [e]going out, and thy coming in from henceforth and forever.
Footnotes
- Psalm 121:1 Or, about the mountains: meaning, that there is nothing so high in this world, wherein he can trust, but only in God.
- Psalm 121:2 He accuseth man’s ingratitude, which cannot depend on God’s power.
- Psalm 121:3 He showeth that God’s providence not only watcheth over his Church in general: but also over every member thereof.
- Psalm 121:6 Neither heat nor cold, nor any incommodity shall be able to destroy God’s Church, albeit for a time they may molest it.
- Psalm 121:8 Whatsoever thou dost enterprise, shall have good success.