3 He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber.
He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.
For the LORD shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken.
Which holdeth our soul in life, and suffereth not our feet to be moved.
They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.
He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints.
I the LORD do keep it; I will water it every moment: lest any hurt it, I will keep it night and day.
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Commentary on Psalms 121 Matthew Henry Commentary
Psalm 121
Some call this the soldier's psalm, and think it was penned in the camp, when David was hazarding his life in the high places of the field, and thus trusted God to cover his head in the day of battle. Others call it the traveller's psalm (for there is nothing in it of military dangers) and think David penned it when he was going abroad, and designed it pro vehiculo-for the carriage, for a good man's convoy and companion in a journey or voyage. But we need not thus appropriate it; wherever we are, at home or abroad, we are exposed to danger more than we are aware of; and this psalm directs and encourages us to repose ourselves and our confidence in God, and by faith to put ourselves under his protection and commit ourselves to his care, which we must do, with an entire resignation and satisfaction, in singing this psalm.
A song of degrees.
Psa 121:1-8
This psalm teaches us,