Psalm 121 I will lift up mine eyes
1. The Personal Resolution -
The Psalmist's Dedication - 1 I will lift up mine eyes -
Resolved - To Look -
When to Look - I will lift up mine eyes - Presently
Where to Look - unto the hills - Prudently
Why to Look - from whence cometh my help - Purposely
Who to Look For - 2 My help cometh from the Lord - Prayerfully
His Destitution - unto the hills, (A Cry for Healing, Help, & Holiness)
His Declaration - from whence cometh my help. He Declares -
The Surety of His Help - 2 My help
The Supply of His Help - 2 My help cometh from (Keeps on Coming)
The Source of His Help - 2 My help cometh from the Lord,
2. The Powerful Revelation -
2 My help cometh from the Lord - He Has - (All Power) He is - The Creator of All Things -
2 My help cometh from the Lord - He Has - (All Possessions) The Controller of All Things -
which made heaven and earth - He Has - (All People) The Keeper of All Things -
3. The Perpetual Regulation -
3 He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber.
The Psalmist Is -
Divinely Held - 3 He will not suffer thy foot to be moved:
Directly Helped - he that keepeth thee will not slumber.
Distinctly Heard - 4 Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.
4. The Practical Recognition -
5 The Lord is thy keeper: the Lord is thy shade upon thy right hand.
David Acknowledges -
The Divine Provision - 5 The Lord is thy keeper: (My Shepherd)
Psalm 37:25 I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.
A Constant Provision, A Consistent Provision, A Complete Provision.
The Divine Protection - the Lord is thy shade upon thy right hand.
The Divine Prevention - 6 The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.
5. The Plentiful Redemption -
7 The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul.
David's Confidence In -
The Protector - 7 The Lord
The Protected - 7 The Lord shall preserve thee
The Protection - 7 The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil:
The Promotion - he shall preserve thy soul.
The Preservation -
8 The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth
Who to Trust - Proverbs 3:5 Trust in the Lord with all thine heart;
What to Trade - and lean not unto thine own understanding.
Where to Tread - 6 In all thy ways acknowledge him,
Why to Triumph - and he shall direct thy paths.
The Perpetuation - 8 and even for evermore.
