Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 121
Verses 1-8
PSALM 121
Ps 121:1-8. God's guardian care of His people celebrated.
1. I will lift up mine eyes—expresses desire (compare Ps 25:1), mingled with expectation. The last clause, read as a question, is answered,
Verses 2
2. by avowing God to be the helper, of whose ability His creative power is a pledge (Ps 115:15), to which,
Verses 3
3, 4. His sleepless vigilance is added.
to be moved—(Compare Ps 38:16; 66:9).
Verses 4-5
5. upon thy right hand—a protector's place (Ps 109:31; 110:5).
Verses 6
6-8. God keeps His people at all times and in all perils.
nor the moon by night—poetically represents the dangers of the night, over which the moon presides (Ge 1:16).
Verses 7-8
8. thy going out, &c.—all thy ways (De 28:19; Ps 104:23).
evermore—includes a future state.
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory (1871). Public domain.