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Psalm 121 Bible study questions

A pilgrim’s song: my help comes from the Lord, who does not sleep and guards your going out and coming in.

Read Psalm 121

Read the chapter aloud first. Then take the questions in order: what it says, what it means, what to do. About 45 minutes. Skip any question that doesn’t fit your group.

Start here

  1. Have you ever been somewhere you felt unsafe? What helped?

Look: what does it say?

  1. Where does the psalmist look first, and where does help come from?Psalm 121:1-2
  2. How many times does the psalm call God a guardian, or say he will guard?Psalm 121:3-8
  3. What will God keep you from, day and night?Psalm 121:5-7

Understand: what does it mean?

  1. This was sung on the road to Jerusalem. How does that change how you hear it?Psalm 121:1,8
  2. What does it mean that God does not slumber or sleep?Psalm 121:3-4
  3. The psalm promises to keep you from all harm. How do you hold that next to real suffering?Psalm 121:7

Live it: what will we do?

  1. Where do you look first when you need help?Psalm 121:1
  2. What going out or coming in is ahead of you this week?Psalm 121:8
  3. Who could you pray this psalm over before they travel or face something hard?

Close in prayer

Pray verse 8 over each person by name.

Psalm 121

Lumin Translation. It prints after the questions, so the group has the words in front of them.

A song of ascents.

1 I raise my eyes toward the mountains. Where will my help come from?

2 My help is from Yahweh, the one who made heaven and earth.

3 He will not let your foot give way; your guardian will not doze.

4 See, the guardian of Israel will not doze and will not sleep.

5 Yahweh is your guardian; Yahweh is your shade at your right side.

6 By day the sun will not strike you, nor will the moon at night.

7 Yahweh will guard you against every evil; he will guard your soul.

8 Yahweh will guard you as you go out and as you come in, from this moment on and forever.

Lumin’s own translation, drafted with AI from the Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek, checked verse by verse against them, and approved by Lumin. Brackets mark verses not found in the earliest manuscripts.

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