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Psalm 121:3
He will not allow your foot to be moved. He who keeps you will not slumber.
1A Song of Ascents. I will lift up my eyes to the hills. Where does my help come from?
2My help comes from the LORD, who made heaven and earth.
3He will not allow your foot to be moved. He who keeps you will not slumber.
4Behold, he who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.
5The LORD is your keeper. The LORD is your shade on your right hand.
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A foot kept steady and a keeper who never slumbers speak to the fear that your safety depends on staying alert at every moment.
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Psalm 55:22Cast your burden on the LORD and he will sustain you. He will never allow the righteous to be moved.Both passages speak of God keeping someone from being moved; Psalm 55 connects that assurance with casting burdens on the LORD.
Proverbs 3:26for the LORD will be your confidence, and will keep your foot from being taken.Both passages describe the LORD’s protection through the concrete image of a foot kept from danger.
Psalm 37:23A man’s steps are established by the LORD. He delights in his way.Both passages connect firm footing with the LORD’s care, describing a foot kept steady and steps established by him.
Proverbs 3:23Then you shall walk in your way securely. Your foot won’t stumble.Both passages picture safety through secure footing, with a foot that will not be moved or stumble.
1 Samuel 2:9He will keep the feet of his holy ones, but the wicked will be put to silence in darkness; for no man will prevail by strength.Both passages describe God keeping his people’s feet; Samuel’s song adds that human strength cannot secure victory.
Psalm 91:12They will bear you up in their hands, so that you won’t dash your foot against a stone.Both passages use the vulnerability of a foot to picture protection, whether from being moved or striking a stone.
Psalm 94:18When I said, “My foot is slipping!” Your loving kindness, LORD, held me up.Both passages portray the LORD sustaining someone’s footing; Psalm 94 recounts his loving kindness when a foot was slipping.
1 Peter 1:5who by the power of God are guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.Both passages describe God’s protection of his people; Peter speaks of being guarded through faith for salvation.
Isaiah 27:3I, the LORD, am its keeper. I will water it every moment. Lest anyone damage it, I will keep it night and day.Both passages name the LORD as keeper and describe care without interruption, through sleepless watch or guarding night and day.
Proverbs 2:8that he may guard the paths of justice, and preserve the way of his saints.Both passages portray God preserving his people, using the related images of a steady foot and a guarded way.
2 Peter 1:10Therefore, brothers, be more diligent to make your calling and election sure. For if you do these things, you will never stumble.Both passages speak of avoiding a fall; the psalm stresses God’s keeping, while Peter connects not stumbling with diligence.
Proverbs 24:12If you say, “Behold, we didn’t know this,” doesn’t he who weighs the hearts consider it? He who keeps your soul, doesn’t he know it? Shall he not give to every …Both passages describe God as the one who keeps you; Proverbs connects his keeping with knowledge of human actions.
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Anxiety or panic. fear for the future. burnout.
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Your need for sleep does not interrupt God’s care. The psalm locates your help in the maker of heaven and earth, whose watch over you has no lapse.
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