Guiding Questions: Psalms 121

This is part of the Tanakh Yomi Project.

  1. Why would one lift the eyes to the mountains — who/what, according to the idolaters dwelt there?
  2. The Psalmist discovers that it is not mountains and the dwelling places of the godlets, but to whom should one look?
  3. In the passage reading “al” with a different pointing it would read “eyl” — namely, that the “eylim”, the godlets will not help?
  4. Instead, from whence does help really come (Psalms 121:4-7)?
  5. Who, then, is the protector?
  6. Since the Psalmist began by looking to the mountains and ends differently, is it possible that this was a Psalm by a choosing Jew (convert)?

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Perek Yomi materials originally produced by the USCJ and Dr. Morton K. Siegel.
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