Bible Commentaries
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes
Psalms 121
Title. A Song. Hebrew. shir. See App-65.
of degrees = for, or relating to the degrees. Only here thus. Hebrew. lamma"aloth. See note on Title of 120.
hills = mountains. Add a full stop.
From whence, &c? Punctuate this line as a question. Compare Jeremiah 3:23.
cometh = is to come.
My help. Figure of speech, Anadiplosis, repeated from end of Psalms 121:1.
the LORD = Jehovah (App-4.), not the hills.
Which made heaven and earth. The reference is to the burden of Hezekiah's prayer (2 Kings 19:15; Isaiah 37:16). Idols were only the work of men's hands (2 Kings 19:18; 2 Chronicles 32:19; Isaiah 37:19). Rab-shakeh had reproached "the living God". See further references to this in Psalms 124:8; Psalms 134:3; and App-67
not = May He not. Hebrew "al (like Greek. me). (Subjective, and conditional).
keepeth . . . (Psalms 121:4) keepeth . . . (Psalms 121:5) keeper. Note the Figure of speech Polyptoton (App-6). Hebrew. shomreka . . . shomer . . . shomreka. Repeated in verses: Psalms 121:7-8.
shall preserve thee. The repeated promise of Jehovah by Isaiah (2 Kings 19:20-34. Isaiah 37:6, Isaiah 37:7, Isaiah 37:22-25
thy going out, &c. Idiom for life in general. The promise was fulfilled in 2 Chronicles 32:22.
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