I rise and look up to the clouds -
Where does my salvation come from?
The salvation of my soul comes from the Lord,
from the love Jesus has for me - a stubborn sinner.
My sweet Savior will never let me fall into oblivion -
He who cares for me, cares for every moment I live.
Indeed, He will watch over all those who love Him dearly -
He will not let one moment pass without us in His heart.
The Lord watches over us and keeps us from harm -
He is the light of the world and the sun of our lives.
He will not let you be harmed in the light of day
nor in the darkest moments of the night.
Our Great Shepherd will hold you gently in His arms
keeping you safe from satan’s snares and arrows.
Our Great King will move among us always -
He is Emmanuel - God with us - for all eternity.
Author notes
Psalm 121 is a verse I return to again and again and again.
I hope this personalization of one of my favorite psalms blesses you and all who read. He is everything and everywhere and loves us so much! He does not want you to live in fear and darkness. I can't explain why this shooting happened but I can say with certainty that it was not God's desire for this to take place. I pray that something good can come from this evil.
“Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.” - Matthew 1:23
This is my version of Psalm 121. I hope it blesses you.
This poem won a gold trophy in country Cousin's Write a Psalm contest 5/10/05
This won hoorable mention in Crownedjewels4jesus' contest "Life! ooooh the possiblities!" 7/25/05
graphic from www.oldchristianmusic.com/music/florence-fong--hes
Written May 7th, 2005
In a list
A contest entry
- Another Christian Contest WOOHOO!!! by Mamabekaboo.
350 points, ended July 9, 2006, 12 entries
Gold trophy winner
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
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What a wonderful adaption of a psalm! so deep and spiritual, it really touched my soul and the finality of 'for all eternity' at the end is very poignant. You really took my breath away with this write. Well done on writing such an awesome write.
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Praise our Lord! Your spirituality is awesome! great write.
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Praise our Lord! Your spirituality is awesome! great write.
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This is a lovely interpretation of that psalm, and I can see why it has been winning awards in various other contests. Thanks for giving me the opportunity to read this..
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Beautiful
Beautifully penned and wonderful flow. I love the message and oh how true it is! Thank you so much for sharing this awesome poem. God Bless You. -
i love this poem !!!!!!it made me cry i'm crying right now.this is a wonderful piece keep write more poems with emotin like this one!countrygurl18
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Good
This was a very deep piece..thanks for sharing it with us and congrats on winning the gold...very well done
Kari -
Nice
Belief is an important part of our sense of well-being. This is a poem of absolute faith and is just as it should be. Nice write.
Take care
Dimitri -
BEAUTIFUL!
AWESOME WRITE HERE! PRAISE HIS NAME EVERYDAY, CAN I GET AN AMEN?
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this is very good. very sweet, very tender and such praise for our Lord. your love, faith and trust in him can be felt through this whole piece. I really liked this. good job on this one. -
Our Great Shepherd will hold you gently in His arms
keeping you safe from satan’s snares and arrows.
Our Great King will move among us always -
He is Emmanuel - God with us - for all eternity.
truely so universal and so eternal words are here to enlight the muse and life of every one of us.. a great work here..
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This is very sweet. The Psalms is a great place to read. Thanks so much for entering this contest. Because He Lives, Beka
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Fantastic
Oh, I love this encouraging poem, Sis. Like you, I am very fond of the Psalms. There is so much wisdom, so many promises, as well as deep prophecy in that fantastic book. This is a winner in God's book and in mine and should be in this contest, too.
Lots of love and hugs, SisB♥n
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AWESOME
The Lord watches over us and keeps us from harm -
He is the light of the world and the sun of our lives.
this is what i pray for my children continually. i want to thank you for the beautiful way in which you wrote this prayer and for entering it into the contest for larea. viyanna
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Great job I like the way that this poem progresses. -
This was absolutely DEFINING of the Psalm. An unfolding of true faith. Congrats ...a worthy win!
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Wonderful
Judy who is David's wife and I decided that since David spent a lot of time in Korea to award you the gold trophy. I awarded you the trophy for the gold but as I said it should have been a platinum award and congratulations on this splendid poem. David is overwhelmed with all the entries. -
Platinum write
What a wonderful job you did with this and now this contest is getting really tough and I wonder if I should just have a three way tie for gold and give each 300 points. Too bad there is not a platinum category. -
Wow, great job!!I admire your work! Keep it up!!
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nice ... although speaking for myself only, I would feel very odd trying to write a Psalm .. as David or one of the other writer's did .. gives me goose-flesh even thinking about it.. since they were inspired by God.. I don't think I am .. scarey thought to me..
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Very touching. It really sounds like a psalm...a soft song written in times long past. Very inspiring.
Great job, and keep up the good work.
Princess
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