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3He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber.

Psalms 121:3

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  • For the LORD shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken.

  • Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not stumble.

  • He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.

  • They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.

  • I the LORD do keep it; I will water it every moment: lest any hurt it, I will keep it night and day.

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-8)

This psalm teaches us, I. To stay ourselves upon God as a God of power and a God all-sufficient for us. David did so and found the benefit of it. 1. We must not rely upon creatures, upon men and means, instruments and second causes, nor make flesh our arm: “ Shall I lift up my eyes to the hills ?”—so some read it. “Does my help come thence? Shall I depend upon the powers of the earth, upon the str…

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