Praying the Psalms with Augustine and Friends
Chapter 7: Psalms 119:33–130
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Psalm 121 with Augustine – Trusting the OneWho Never Sleeps
He who watches over Israel will neither slumber nor sleep (v. 4). Choose him who will neither sleep nor slumber, and your foot will not slip. God never sleeps. If you wish to have a guardian who never sleeps, choose God for your guardian. “Do not let my feet slip,” you say, but he also says to you, “Let not the one who watches over you slumber.” Perhaps you were about to turn to a human as your guardian. Who can you find who will never sleep? The psalmist tells you: He who watches over Israel will neither slumber nor sleep (v. 4). Do you wish to have a guardian who neither slumbers nor sleeps? Then do not trust in any human. The LORD will keep you from all harm (v. 7). From harm by the sun, from harm by the moon, from all injury he will preserve you. He is your defence at your right hand, who will not sleep nor slumber. And for what reason? Because we are amid temptations: The LORD will keep you from all harm—he will watch over your life; The LORD will watch over your coming and going both now and forevermore (v. 8).
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