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Psalms 121:4
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Indeed, he who watches over Israel never slumbers or sleeps.
Look, he that keeps Israel Will neither slumber nor sleep.
He who guards Israel never rests or sleeps.
Look! Israel's protector does not sleep or slumber!
Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.
Behold, He who keeps Israel Will neither slumber [briefly] nor sleep [soundly].
Behold, he who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.
Lo! he schal not nappe, nether slepe; that kepith Israel.
Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.
Behold, the Protector of Israel will not slumber or sleep.
The protector of Israel doesn't doze or ever get drowsy.
Behold, he that keepeth Israel Will neither slumber nor sleep.
See, the eyes of Israel's keeper will not be shut in sleep.
No, the guardian of Isra'el never slumbers or sleeps.
Behold, he that keepeth Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.
Israel's Protector does not get tired. He never sleeps.
Behold, He that keepeth Israel doth neither slumber nor sleep.
Behold, he that keepeth Israel; shall neither slumber nor sleepe.
Listen, He Who watches over Israel will not close his eyes or sleep.
He who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.
Beholde, he that keepeth Israel, wil neither slumber nor sleepe.
Behold, he who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.
The protector of Israel never dozes or sleeps.
Lo! neither will slumber nor sleep, The keeper of Israel.
(120-4) Behold he shall neither slumber nor sleep, that keepeth Israel.
Behold, he who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.
Beholde, he that kepeth Israel: wyll neither slumber nor sleepe.
Behold, he that keeps Israel shall not slumber nor sleep.
Indeed, the Protector of Israeldoes not slumber or sleep.
Behold, he who keeps Yisra'el Will neither slumber nor sleep.
Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.
Look, he will not slumber and he will not sleep— he who protects Israel.
Behold, He who keeps Israel will not slumber nor sleep.
Lo, He slumbereth not, nor sleepeth, He who is preserving Israel.
Beholde, he that kepeth Israel, doth nether slombre ner slepe.
Behold, He who watches over Israel Will neither slumber nor sleep.
Behold, He who keeps Israel Shall neither slumber nor sleep.
Behold, He who keeps Israel Will neither slumber nor sleep.
Behold, He who keeps IsraelWill not slumber and will not sleep.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
he that: Psalms 27:1, Psalms 32:7, Psalms 32:8, Psalms 127:1, Isaiah 27:3
shall: 1 Kings 18:27, Ecclesiastes 8:16, Revelation 7:15
Reciprocal: Exodus 26:14 - a covering Numbers 6:24 - keep thee 2 Samuel 8:14 - the Lord Proverbs 3:24 - liest
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. He that kept Israel or Jacob, when asleep, and appeared to him in a dream, and promised to keep him in all places, and did; who found his posterity in the wilderness, and kept them as the apple of his eye: he keeps his spiritual Israel, whom he has chosen, redeemed, and calls; and he that is in general their keeper, is the keeper of every particular believer, who may promise themselves the utmost safety under his care; since, though he may sometimes seem to sleep, when he withdraws his gracious presence, defers help, and does not arise so soon to the assistance of his people as they wish for and expect; yet does not in reality sleep, nor is any ways negligent of them; no, not so much as slumber, nor is in the least indifferent about them, and careless of them; see Genesis 28:15. So Homer k represents Jupiter as not held by sleep, while other gods and men slept all night; and hence Milton l has the phrase of "the unsleeping eyes of God": but the Phrygians had a notion that their god slept in winter, and was awake in summer m.
k Iliad. 2. v. 1, 2. l Paradise Lost, B. 5. v. 647. m Plutarch. de Iside & Osir. prope finem.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Behold, he that keepeth Israel - The Keeper - the Guardian - of his people. The psalmist here passes from his own particular case to a general truth - a truth to him full of consolation. It is, that the people of God must always be safe; that their great Guardian never slumbers; and that he, as one of his people, might, therefore, confidently look for his protecting care.
Shall neither slumber nor sleep - Never slumbers, never ceases to be watchful. Man sleeps; a sentinel may slumber on his post, by inattention, by long-continued wakefulness, or by weariness; a pilot may slumber at the helm; even a mother may fall asleep by the side of the sick child; but God is never exhausted, is never weary, is never inattentive. He never closes his eyes on the condition of his people, on the needs of the world.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Psalms 121:4. He that keepeth Israel — The Divine Being represents himself as a watchman, who takes care of the city and its inhabitants during the night-watches; and who is never overtaken with slumbering or sleepiness. There is a thought in the Antigone of Sophocles, that seems the counterpart of this of the psalmist,
Ταν σαν, Ζευ, δυναμιν τις ανδρων
Ὑπερβασια κατασχοι,
Ταν ουθ' ὑπνος αἱ -
ρει ποθ' ὁ παντογηρως,
Ακαματοι τε θεων
Μηνες;
Antig. ver. 613, Edit. Johnson.
Shall men below control great Jove above,
Whose eyes by all-subduing sleep
Are never closed, as feeble mortals' are;
But still their watchful vigil keep
Through the long circle of th' eternal year?
FRANKLIN.
