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Bible study · Psalm 121:1-8

Psalm 121: He who keeps you

Read Psalm 121:1-8 before you meet.

In a few lines

In eight verses Psalm 121 has one Hebrew verb six times: shamar, keep. First it names the LORD by it three times, "he who keeps you", "he who keeps Israel", "your keeper" (121:3-5); then three times it says what he will do: keep you, keep your soul, keep your going out and your coming in (121:7-8).

The verse to carry

“A Song of Ascents. I will lift up my eyes to the hills. Where does my help come from? My help comes from the LORD, who made heaven and earth.”

Psalm 121:1-2

To talk about

  1. 1. "I will lift up my eyes to the hills. Where does my help come from?" (121:1). When you need help, where do your eyes go first?

  2. 2. "Behold, he who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep" (121:4). What difference does it make to you, on a sleepless night, that the LORD doesn't sleep?

  3. 3. "The LORD will keep your going out and your coming in" (121:8). What going out or coming in this week do you want to put into his keeping?

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