First Baptist Church
Psalm 121 is a pilgrim Psalm where the pilgrim cries out for help and then answers his own question. I’ve entitled this message “My Help.” Notice as I read the repetition of a particular word. The Hebrew language uses repetition for emphasis. This word is used six times in this short Psalm of eight verses, leaving no question to the reader just who our help truly is. Look now with me at Psalm 121.
Psalm 121:1-8 ESV
What are we to do, when the mountains of life surround us? We are to declare our trust in this: Our help comes from the Lord, the maker of heaven and earth.
1. The Lord keeps us by holding us steady
Psalm 121:3-4 ESV
Psalm 66:8-9 ESV
Psalm 18:33 ESV
Psalm 18:36 ESV
Proverbs 3:5-6 ESV
2. The Lord is able to keep us because He is ever watching over us.
Psalm 121:3-4 ESV
Isaiah 40:28 ESV
3. The Lord keeps us by shielding and protecting us.
Psalm 121:5-7 ESV
Psalm 91:1 ESV
4. The Lord keeps us by preserving our lives at all times and in every season.
Psalm 121:7-8 ESV