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King James Version

Psalms 121:5

The Lord is thy keeper: the Lord is thy shade upon thy right hand.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Eye;   Righteous;   Salvation;   Thompson Chain Reference - Divine;   Overshadowing Providence;   Overshadowing, Divine;   Providence, Divine;   Shadow, the Lord as a;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Jews, the;   Privileges of Saints;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Degrees, Psalms of;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Sleep;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Shadow;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Hallel;   Psalms;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Keeper;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Degrees;   Psalms the book of;   Temple;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Hand;   Poetry, Hebrew;  

Devotionals:

- Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for December 1;   Every Day Light - Devotion for December 23;  

Parallel Translations

New Living Translation
The Lord himself watches over you! The Lord stands beside you as your protective shade.
Update Bible Version
Yahweh is your keeper: Yahweh is your shade on your right hand.
New Century Version
The Lord guards you. The Lord is the shade that protects you from the sun.
New English Translation
The Lord is your protector; the Lord is the shade at your right hand.
Webster's Bible Translation
The LORD [is] thy keeper: the LORD [is] thy shade upon thy right hand.
World English Bible
Yahweh is your keeper. Yahweh is your shade on your right hand.
Amplified Bible
The LORD is your keeper; The LORD is your shade on your right hand.
English Standard Version
The Lord is your keeper; the Lord is your shade on your right hand.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
The Lord kepith thee; the Lord is thi proteccioun aboue thi riythond.
English Revised Version
The LORD is thy keeper: the LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand.
Berean Standard Bible
The LORD is your keeper; the LORD is the shade on your right hand.
Contemporary English Version
The Lord is your protector, there at your right side to shade you from the sun.
American Standard Version
Jehovah is thy keeper: Jehovah is thy shade upon thy right hand.
Bible in Basic English
The Lord is your keeper; the Lord is your shade on your right hand.
Complete Jewish Bible
Adonai is your guardian; at your right hand Adonai provides you with shade —
Darby Translation
Jehovah is thy keeper, Jehovah is thy shade upon thy right hand;
Easy-to-Read Version
The Lord is your Protector. The Lord stands by your side, shading and protecting you.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
The LORD is thy keeper; the LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand.
King James Version (1611)
The Lord is thy keeper: the Lord is thy shade, vpon thy right hand.
New Life Bible
The Lord watches over you. The Lord is your safe cover at your right hand.
New Revised Standard
The Lord is your keeper; the Lord is your shade at your right hand.
Geneva Bible (1587)
The Lord is thy keeper: the Lord is thy shadow at thy right hand.
George Lamsa Translation
The LORD is your keeper; the LORD will protect you with his right hand.
Good News Translation
The Lord will guard you; he is by your side to protect you.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Yahweh, is thy keeper, Yahweh, is thy shade, on thy right hand:
Douay-Rheims Bible
(120-5) The Lord is thy keeper, the Lord is thy protection upon thy right hand.
Revised Standard Version
The LORD is your keeper; the LORD is your shade on your right hand.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
God hym selfe is thy keper: God is thy defence vpon thy ryght hande.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
The Lord shall keep thee: the Lord is thy shelter upon thy right hand.
Christian Standard Bible®
The Lord protects you;the Lord is a shelter right by your side.
Hebrew Names Version
The LORD is your keeper. The LORD is your shade on your right hand.
Lexham English Bible
Yahweh is your protector; Yahweh is your shade at your right hand.
Literal Translation
Jehovah is the One keeping you; Jehovah is your shade on your right hand.
Young's Literal Translation
Jehovah [is] thy preserver, Jehovah [is] thy shade on thy right hand,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The LORDE himself is thy keper, the LORDE is thy defence vpon yi right honde.
THE MESSAGE
God 's your Guardian, right at your side to protect you— Shielding you from sunstroke, sheltering you from moonstroke.
New American Standard Bible
The LORD is your protector; The LORD is your shade on your right hand.
New King James Version
The LORD is your keeper; The LORD is your shade at your right hand.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
The Lord is your keeper; The Lord is your shade on your right hand.
Legacy Standard Bible
Yahweh is your keeper;Yahweh is your shade on your right hand.

Contextual Overview

1 I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. 2 My help cometh from the Lord , which made heaven and earth. 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. 5 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. 8 The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

thy shade: Exodus 13:21, Isaiah 4:5, Isaiah 4:6, Isaiah 25:4, Isaiah 32:2, Matthew 23:37

upon: Psalms 16:8, Psalms 109:31

Reciprocal: Genesis 28:15 - keep Exodus 13:22 - He took Exodus 26:14 - a covering Numbers 14:9 - defence 1 Samuel 2:9 - will keep 2 Chronicles 6:20 - thine eyes Psalms 91:6 - pestilence Proverbs 2:8 - keepeth Isaiah 49:10 - neither Daniel 3:17 - our God

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The Lord [is] thy keeper,.... This explains more fully who it is that keeps Israel and particular believers, and confirms the same; not a creature, but the Lord; the Word of the Lord, as the Targum, in

Psalms 121:7: Christ, the Word and Wisdom of God; who is the keeper of his people by the designation of his Father, who has put them into his hands to be kept by him; and by their full will and consent, who commit the keeping of their souls to him; for which he is abundantly qualified, being able as the mighty God; faithful to him that has appointed him; tender and compassionate to those under his care, whom he keeps as the apple of his eye; and diligent and constant, for he keeps them night and day, lest any hurt them: he keeps them as they are his flock, made his care and charge; as they are the vineyard of the Lord of hosts; as they are a city, which, unless the Lord keeps, the watchmen watch in vain; as they are his body and members of it, and as they are his jewels and peculiar treasure: these he keeps in the love of God; in his own hands; in the covenant of grace; in an estate of grace; and in his own ways, safe to his kingdom and glory;

the Lord [is] thy shade upon thy right hand; he is at the right hand of his people, to hold their right hand; to teach them to go, lead them into communion with himself, and hold them up safe; and to strengthen their right hand, assist them in working, without whom they can do nothing; and to counsel and direct them, and to protect and defend them against all their enemies. So a shadow signifies defence; see Numbers 14:9 Ecclesiastes 7:12; and such great personages are to others; in which sense Virgil n uses the word "shadow"; and much more true is this of God himself. And he is like the shadow of a great rock in a weary land; or of a spreading tree, which is a protection from heat, and very reviving and refreshing; see Isaiah 32:2. The allusion may be to the pillar of cloud by day, which guided and guarded the Israelites in the wilderness, and was a shadow from the heat, Isaiah 4:5; as Christ is from the heat of a fiery law, the flaming sword of justice, the wrath of God, and the fiery darts of Satan.

n "Et magnum reginae nomen obumbrat", Aeneid. l. xi.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The 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 Psalms 16:8; Psalms 109:31. Perhaps the particular allusion to the right hand here may be that that was the place of a protector. He would thus be at hand, or would be ready to interpose in defense of him whom he was to guard. It is possible, however, that the idea here may be derived from the fact that in Scripture the geographer is represented as looking to the east, and not toward the north, as with us. Hence, the south is always spoken of as the right, or at the right hand (compare the notes at Psalms 89:12); and as the intense rays of the sun are from the south, the idea may be, that God would be as a shade in the direction from which those burning rays came.


 
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