Study
102 From the Book of Psalms is: Psalms
120 and 121
In
Ps. 120-143 we have a book of pilgrim songs, probably used on the way up to
Jerusalem for the great national festivals. Gradually the pilgrim approaches
Zion where God is, and where the people enter afresh into the blessings of His
love and redemption.
1- What does
Ps. 120 teach about the menace of the tongue and the way of control? Cf. Ps.
141:3, and the very similar teaching in Jas. 3:1-12; 4:1-3.
2- In Ps. 121
the infinite concern and care of God is shown. How, when and where can a man
look to this God? And what will He constantly do for us?
Note. 120:5.
Meshech is somewhere between the Black sea and the Capian Sea (Gn. 10:2; Ezk.
27:13; 32:26); Kedar is a tribe of Bedouins in the Syrian-Arabian desert (Gn.
25:13; Is. 42:11). They are so far from one another that their significance
here is probably a symbol of quarrelsome adversaries without any special
reference to their geographical position.
