Psalms 121

His eye is still upon them, they are never out of his thoughts. A father cannot always take care for his child, he sometimes is asleep, but God is a father that never sleeps (Psalm 121:4). He neither slumbers nor sleeps.

Now this having our eyes upon him in time of distress, whether of war, or pestilence, or famine, or anguish of conscience, or poverty, and yet we have our eyes toward the Holy One of Israel; we know not what to do, and our power will not reach us any help without God's blessing,…

But behold here a most sweet consolation, to wit, that against all storms, the only shadow of the Lord shall suffice us: because by it we shall be so covered, that nothing shall hurt us, or bring us the least damage. Although then that various afflictions and troubles do surroun…

THus you see what care Providence has had over your souls, in preventing the spiritual dangers and miseries that else would have befallen you in the way of temptations: in the next place I will shew you, that it has been no less careful for your bodies,and with how great tendern…

Here are two extremes, the two terms of a man's actions and of his life, his down-sitting and his uprising, now when it is said, God knows these two, we are to understand, that God knows whatever a man does, all his actions between his down-sitting and his uprising. So in that p…

Lest any hurt it, I will keep it night and day. Psalm 121:4. He that keeps Israel, neither stumbereth nor sleepeth. His peoples dangers are without intermission, therefore his preservations are so too.

An absolute right, and an unlimited power; they meet fitly in God; therefore this is an encouragement to go to him. Christians, that power of God which drew out all things from nothing, which established the heavens, which fixed the earth; that power of God, it is the ground of…

For the snares of the devil, that most deadly enemy continually plotting our destruction, are well known. In short, it would be far better never to have been born than to be born on this condition and to be ignorant of God's special gifts toward his own, which the Prophet in Psa…

There are many casualties and contingencies which are incident to life; God mercifully prevents them; he keeps watch and ward for his children (Psalm 7:10). My defense is of God (Psalm 121:4). He that keeps Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.

If you would have your hearts kept, beg of God that he would keep them for you; set not about this work in your own strength, but look higher — go to God, he is the great Lord-Keeper. The Lord is your keeper (Psalm 121:5); it is good to go always with such a keeper. This is the…

1. Temporal evil. There are many casualties and contingencies, to which we are incident; God shields them off, he keeps watch and ward for his people (Psalm 121:4). He that keeps Israel, shall neither slumber nor sleep.

Heaven, Earth, Sun, Moon, Beasts, Birds, etc. being all made servants to man, were in a manner fellow-Covenanters in their kind with man in the Covenant of Works: As a King covenants with a great family, his servants and dependents have the benefit of the King's Covenant-peace,…