This Sunday's Psalm 121 (Levavi oculos) is perhaps #2 on my list of favorites. It is definitely uplifting.
1 I lift up my eyes to the hills; *
from where is my help to come?
2 My help comes from the Lord, *
the maker of heaven and earth.
3 He will not let your foot be moved *
and he who watches over you will not fall asleep.
4 Behold, he who keeps watch over Israel *
shall neither slumber nor sleep;
5 The Lord himself watches over you; *
the Lord is your shade at your right hand,
6 So that the sun shall not strike you by day, *
nor the moon by night.
7 The Lord shall preserve you from all evil; *
it is he who shall keep you safe.
8 The Lord shall watch over your going out and
your coming in, *
from this time forth for evermore.
My only issue with this psalm is found in verse 6. I am not sure how the moon is supposed to strike you by night. I know that the word "lunacy" comes from folklore (Luna is the Moon in Latin) when the full moon was thought to bring out the crazies. During a full moon you could get drunk and still find your way home at night. I just don't know if this was true back when the psalm was written.
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On a totally non-scriptural note, I don't sleep well on full moon nights, and it's especially bad at this time of year when the moonlight comes through the high half-circle window in the bedroom and strikes the bed.
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Yes that is an example of the Moon striking youby night!
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