Psalms 121:5
3 He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber.
4 Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.
The LORD is thy keeper: the LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand.
6 The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.
7 The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- The LORD is your keeper; the LORD is the shade on your right hand.
- KJV
- The LORD is thy keeper: the LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand.
- WEB
- The LORD is your keeper. The LORD is your shade on your right hand.
- ASV
- Jehovah is thy keeper: Jehovah is thy shade upon thy right hand.
- DARBY
- Jehovah is thy keeper, Jehovah is thy shade upon thy right hand;
- BLB
- YHWH [is] the One guarding you; YHWH [is] your shade on your right hand.
- ÅB
- Herren er din vokter, Herren er din skygge ved din høyre hånd.
- OTB
- Herren er din vokter;
Herren gir skygge ved din høyre hånd. - B1930
- Herren er din vokter, Herren er din skygge ved din høire hånd.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Isaiah 25:4
For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.
Read in contextPsalms 91:1
He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
Read in contextExodus 13:21
And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night:
Read in contextPsalms 16:8
I have set the LORD always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
Read in contextIsaiah 4:5–6
And the LORD will create upon every dwelling place of mount Zion, and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night: for upon all the glory shall be a defence.
Read in contextPsalms 109:31
For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those that condemn his soul.
Read in contextIsaiah 32:2
And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.
Read in contextMatthew 23:37
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!
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