Saturday Musings
Another offering for the poetry project.
Read Psalm 121:1-8
“He will keep,” how good it is to know that He will keep us, He will not discard us, He will keep us and take us to be with Him. He is our hope. “Yishmar” (Heb. “He will keep”)
Yishmar
Yishmar. He will keep.
Israel was helped by geography
as she ascended in song to Zion.
Three times a year her sons looked up
and led families in praise of the One.
Israel was helped by geography
to lift her eyes to the hills.
But there was always one hill
from where her help would come
one Rock upon which her redemption would ultimately arise.
He who made the heavens above the hills
and the hills underneath the stars
He who never sleeps
and whose faithfulness cannot be shaken,
That One
kept Israel and keeps the Israel of God.
….
He kept Israel
and will keep our feet from slipping
for his faithfulness keeps—
it treasures the promises of His mouth.
Yishmar; yishmar.
He will keep; He will keep.
He will watch over your life.
Let this be your hope from the hills;
Let this be your hope when you lift your eyes.
Let this be your hope from this time forth and forever.
“Yishmar.” He will keep.
Go to Psalm 122.
