PSALM 121
He will look around then to the hills for help. Whence should it come? Ah! there is the well-known truth for Israel, “My help comes from Jehovah, who hath made”, everything man could trust in. “He keeps Israel”. “He will never slumber nor sleep” — a sure Guardian. No power of evil shall smite thee. “The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in, from this time forth and for evermore”. The first of the two — the evil to which they were liable; the second — their sure, safe, and secure refuge — that for ever.
This Psalm is the direct putting of Israel under the help of the Lord, of Jehovah; His character in such help is declared, and His perpetual and unfailing character.
— 1. This verse is quite as probably, I should think, an enquiry — at any rate verse 2 is the direct assertion “My help is from Jehovah”, in the character of most High God; compare Psalm 91.
The dictionaries say that me-ayin (from whence) is always an interrogation. This makes verse 2 clearly an answer to the latter part of verse 1.
— 3. This verse is the Spirit’s answer to the trusting Remnant, and then the affirmation “Jehovah is thy keeper”, and this, as it is perfect, so it is perpetual. This is a blessed answer concerning Jehovah to the Jews. It seems addressed to Christ as the Head of Israel.