Tuesday, May 2, 2023

Shalom,

We read Psalm 121 in our Spoken Word Bible Reading Plan for today. This is another of the "Songs of Ascents" as they re referred to in the Bible. Here is a note from the cross reference I saw:

 "It is possible that the fifteen psalms known as the “Songs of Degrees or Ascents” were sung by the caravans of pilgrims going up to attend the annual feasts at Jerusalem."  

This IS the explanation that I have read inmany Bible references! I LIKE this note! We should ALWAYS present ourselves to HIM in praise, thanksgiving and worship BEFORE we ask anything OF HIM! Here is the Psalm for today!

A Song of Ascents.
1 I will lift up my eyes to the hills [around Jerusalem, to sacred Mount Zion and Mount Moriah]—From whence shall my help come?
2 My help comes from the Lord, Who made heaven and earth.
3 He will not allow your foot to slip or to be moved; He Who keeps you will not slumber.
4 Behold, He who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.
5 The Lord is your keeper; the Lord is your shade on your right hand [the side not carrying a shield].
6 The sun shall not smite you by day, nor the moon by night.
7 The Lord will keep you from all evil; He will keep your life.
8 The Lord will keep your going out and your coming in from this time forth and forevermore.

And here is Hillsong with "Highlands (Song of Ascent)":

Shalom in Him!