New King James Version
Psalms 121:5
5The Lord is your keeper; The Lord is your shade at your right hand.
Psalms 121:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The Lord is thy keeper: the Lord is thy shade upon thy right hand.
- New International Version (NIV)The Lord watches over you— the Lord is your shade at your right hand;
- English Standard Version (ESV)The Lord is your keeper; the Lord is your shade on your right hand.
- New Living Translation (NLT)The Lord himself watches over you! The Lord stands beside you as your protective shade.
Context of Psalms 121:5
3He will not allow your foot to be moved; He who keeps you will not slumber. 4Behold, He who keeps Israel Shall neither slumber nor sleep. The Lord is your keeper; The Lord is your shade at your right hand. 6The sun shall not strike you by day, Nor the moon by night. 7The Lord shall preserve you from all evil; He shall preserve your soul.
Read all of Psalms 121Psalms 121:5 word by word
יְהוָ֥ה שֹׁמְרֶ֑ךָ יְהוָ֥ה צִ֝לְּךָ֗ עַל־יַ֥ד יְמִינֶֽךָ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 121:5
- Exodus 13:21And the Lord went before them by day in a pillar of cloud to lead the way, and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, so as to go by day and night.
- Isaiah 4:5then the Lord will create above every dwelling place of Mount Zion, and above her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day and the shining of a flaming fire by night. For over all the glory there will be a covering.
- Isaiah 25:4For You have been a strength to the poor, A strength to the needy in his distress, A refuge from the storm, A shade from the heat; For the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.
- Isaiah 32:2A man will be as a hiding place from the wind, And a cover from the tempest, As rivers of water in a dry place, As the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.
- Matthew 23:37“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the one who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing!
- Psalms 16:8I have set the Lord always before me; Because He is at my right hand I shall not be moved.
- Psalms 109:31For He shall stand at the right hand of the poor, To save him from those who condemn him.
Commentaries on Psalms 121:5
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5The Lord is thy keeper - Thy Preserver; thy Defender. He will keep time from danger; he will keep thee from sin; he will keep thee unto salvation. The Lord is thy shade - The Lord is as a shadow: as the shadow of a rock, a house, or a tree, in the intense rays of the burning sun. See the notes at Isaiah 25:4. Upon thy right hand - See Psalm 16:8; Psalm 109:31. Perhaps the particular allusion to the right hand here may be that that was the place of a…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4-6The Maker of heaven and earth (Psalm 121:2) protects Israel. God stands with Israel, offering support and care to the faithful (see Psalm 16:7–8). Both the sun and the moon were worshiped as gods in the ancient Near East. But God limits their power. They are part of creation and also praise the Lord (Psalm 148:3).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. upon thy right hand--a protector's place (Psa 109:31; 110:5).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 121
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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