Tree of Life Version
Psalms 121:5
5Adonai is your Keeper. Adonai is your shadow 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 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 your foot slip. Your Keeper will not slumber. 4Behold, the Keeper of Israel neither slumbers nor sleeps. Adonai is your Keeper. Adonai is your shadow at your right hand. 6The sun will not strike you by day, nor the moon by night. 7Adonai will protect you from all evil. He will guard 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 13:21Adonai went before them in a pillar of cloud by day to lead the way and in a pillar of fire by night to give them light. So they could travel both day and night.
- Isaiah 4:5then Adonai will create over the whole area of Mount Zion and over her convocations, a cloud by day, and smoke and shining of a flaming fire by night. For over all, glory will be a canopy.
- Isaiah 25:4For You have been a stronghold for the poor, a stronghold for the needy in distress, a refuge from the rainstorm, a shade from the heat. For the breath of the ruthless is like a storm against the wall.
- Isaiah 32:2Each will be like a refuge from the wind and a shelter from the storm, like streams of water in a dry place, like the shade of a massive rock in a weary land.
- Matthew 23:37“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her! How often I longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing!
- Psalms 16:8I have set Adonai always before me. Since He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
- Psalms 109:31For He stands at the right hand of the needy, to save him from those who condemn his soul.
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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