New Living Translation
Psalms 121:5
5The Lord himself watches over you! The Lord stands beside you as your protective shade.
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 King James Version (NKJV)The Lord is your keeper; The Lord is your shade at your right hand.
Context of Psalms 121:5
3He will not let you stumble; the one who watches over you will not slumber. 4Indeed, he who watches over Israel never slumbers or sleeps. The Lord himself watches over you! The Lord stands beside you as your protective shade. 6The sun will not harm you by day, nor the moon at night. 7The Lord keeps you from all harm and watches over your life.
Read all of Psalms 121Psalms 121:5 word by word
יְהוָ֥ה שֹׁמְרֶ֑ךָ יְהוָ֥ה צִ֝לְּךָ֗ עַל־יַ֥ד יְמִינֶֽךָ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 121:5
- Exodus 13:21The Lord went ahead of them. He guided them during the day with a pillar of cloud, and he provided light at night with a pillar of fire. This allowed them to travel by day or by night.
- Isaiah 4:5Then the Lord will provide shade for Mount Zion and all who assemble there. He will provide a canopy of cloud during the day and smoke and flaming fire at night, covering the glorious land.
- Isaiah 25:4But you are a tower of refuge to the poor, O Lord, a tower of refuge to the needy in distress. You are a refuge from the storm and a shelter from the heat. For the oppressive acts of ruthless people are like a storm beating against a wall,
- Isaiah 32:2Each one will be like a shelter from the wind and a refuge from the storm, like streams of water in the desert and the shadow of a great rock in a parched land.
- Matthew 23:37“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones God’s messengers! How often I have wanted to gather your children together as a hen protects her chicks beneath her wings, but you wouldn’t let me.
- Psalms 16:8I know the Lord is always with me. I will not be shaken, for he is right beside me.
- Psalms 109:31For he stands beside the needy, ready to save them from those who condemn them.
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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