Gods defense of His children

Psalm 121

1 I lift up my eyes to the hills-- where does my help come from?

2 My help comes from the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth.

3 He will not let your foot slip-- he who watches over you will not slumber;

4 indeed, he who watches over Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.

5 The LORD watches over you-- the LORD is your shade at your right hand;

6 the sun will not harm you by day, nor the moon by night.

7 The LORD will keep you from all harm-- he will watch over your life;

8 the LORD will watch over your coming and going both now and forevermore.

The Psalmist is declaring in this Psalm that God creates reality according to His goodness and is proved by His sure defense of us. Here he uses the sun and the moon as metaphors for the size of the opposition and the time it takes God to defend us against all potential troubles. 

He uses this word "lift" as a metaphor for Gods representative on the earth who pronounces Gods law, covenants , decrees and promises in being the object of Gods sure defense. You see this term repeated throughout the Psalms like lift up my soul, hands, head, cup, and horns etc. All of these phrases are metaphors , showing that we have the ability to create this kingdom defense by using His spoken word in the context of His anthropomorphism to establish His power. 

He is lifting up His eyes in the sense that He is as secure as God is sovereign.  The Psalmist is also declaring that God protects Israel from all troubles. This term "slip" is describing the inevitable end that comes upon the wicked  whos life is like being on a slippery object and sliding down into hell .

When He pronounces God as maker of Heaven and earth its in the context of God speaking everything into reality from eternity past. The Psalmist uses Gods covenant , laws etc as the creative defense that are on his lips in waring against the nations. So the Psalmist is not saying that he gets these benefits in using the means of faith. Im talking about in our culture...going to church , observing days, etc. He is talking about using Gods spoken word in a wise way. And in this sense he not only is a warrior but a prophet and a king.

Since I moved to the mountains I have a better understanding of what the Psalmist is talking about here. You have this comparison to the sun and the moon and the incredible size of the mountains to block out this light that shines beyond the earth. We see that our trials are defined by God according to His understanding of eternity, His presence in which He has viewed all events on the earth from His eternal position. He has the wisdom of Someone who has been present from the beginning of time.

When we go into the mountains there are places where the sun has been blocked out to the point where it is dark. So you have the huge presence of the light that shines from the sun and it is blocked out by a single cliff. In this sense it is smaller than a pebble from Gods view. lol So the Psalmist never really describes grace unless it has this context where God lowers Himself so that we cannot slip. In fact the Psalmist describes Gods incarnation as going under our deepest trial and upholding us with His hand.