Song of Ascents - Psalm 121, Verse 7

O Adonai, Thou alone are Elohim, rich in mercy and overflowing with compassion. Not only do You preserve Thy bond-servants from natural calamities but also from all kinds of evil. Were it not for You Adonai, we would have been swallowed up alive. We would have been like grasshoppers in the sight of giants (things too great for us to bear). But with bended knees we come to Thee with gratitude for You not only preserve us from all evil but also ensures that none shall snatch us out of Thy hand. Thou art the One who sustains us, who preserves us and who delivers us. Thine is the kingdom, the power and the glory—not only in heaven but also in the hearts of all Thy bond-servants.

Song of Ascents comprises of a collection of 15 psalms from Psalm 120 to 134. While there are a number of suggestions as to what the phrase, “Song of Ascents” could mean, one thought is that these psalms were sung by Israel as they went up to Jerusalem to celebrate the three annual feasts that the Lord had commanded (Lev. 23; Ex. 23:14).

We have just concluded the Feast of Unleavened Bread which started on the 15^th day of the first month of the Biblical calendar (or on the evening of March 30, 2018). During this seven day feast, Israel went up to Jerusalem singing these Songs of Ascent. We have completed 14 days of counting up to the fifty days to Shavuot (Lev. 23:15-16).

My purpose of posting a verse from these psalms each day (during these days between the Feast of Unleavened Bread and the Feast of Weeks (Shavuot) which in Greek is called Pentecost) is so that we too—if you are a son (or daughter) of Israel, even though you once may have been a Gentile but now through the great grace shown to us by the Father and through the blood of the Messiah Yeshua—can pilgrim into the presence of the Most High God (for we are the temple of God and the Holy Spirit dwells in us) singing these psalms to Him who sits on the throne (in heaven and in our hearts).

Join with me then O son of Israel and let us exalt the name of our God together as we pilgrim on His appointed feast days just as He commanded.