1.
I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.
1. I will lift up mine
eyes—expresses desire (compare ), mingled with expectation. The last clause, read as a
question, is answered,
2.
My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth.
2. by avowing God to be the
helper, of whose ability His creative power is a pledge (), to which,
3.
He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber.
3, 4. His sleepless vigilance is
added.
to be moved—(Compare
Psalms 38:16; Psalms 66:9).
4.
Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.
5.
The LORD is thy keeper: the LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand.
5. upon thy right hand—a
protector's place (Psalms 109:31;
Psalms 110:5).
6.
The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.
6-8. God keeps His people at all
times and in all perils.
nor the moon by
night—poetically represents the dangers of the night, over
which the moon presides (Genesis 1:16).
7.
The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul.
8.
The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.
8. thy going out, c.—all thy
ways (Deuteronomy 28:19 Psalms 104:23).
evermore—includes a
future state.