Proverbia 121:3

Nova Vulgata

Non dabit in commotionem pedem tuum neque dormitabit, qui custodit te.

Parallel Translations

Clementine Latin Vulgate (1592)
Jerusalem, qu� �dificatur ut civitas, cujus participatio ejus in idipsum.

Jerome's Latin Vulgate (405)
Jerusalem, qu� �dificatur ut civitas,
cujus participatio ejus in idipsum.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

will not: Psalms 91:12, 1 Samuel 2:9, Proverbs 2:8, Proverbs 3:23, Proverbs 3:26, 1 Peter 1:5

Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 22:37 - feet Psalms 17:5 - Hold Psalms 26:1 - I shall Psalms 37:23 - steps Psalms 37:31 - none Psalms 55:22 - suffer Psalms 66:9 - suffereth Psalms 94:18 - My foot Psalms 119:133 - Order Psalms 127:1 - except Psalms 139:3 - my path Proverbs 24:12 - that keepeth Isaiah 27:3 - do keep 2 Peter 1:10 - never

Gill's Notes on the Bible

He wilt not suffer thy foot to be moved,.... This is either an address of the psalmist to his own soul; or to any other good man, his friend and acquaintance, assuring of stability, and of final perseverance in grace to glory. The Lord keeps the feet of his saints from falling: he will not suffer them to be moved out of the spiritual estate in which they stand; nor off of the Foundation and Rock of ages, on which their feet are set, and their goings established; nor out of the house of God, where they are as pillars; nor out of his ways, where he upholds their goings; moved in some sense they may be, yet not "greatly moved"; their feet may be "almost" gone, and their steps "well nigh" slipped, and yet shall not fall finally and totally, or so as to perish; see Psalms 62:2;

he that keepeth thee will not slumber; neither angels nor men are the keepers of the saints, but the Lord himself; he is the keeper of every individual saint, of every regenerate person, of everyone of his sheep, of every member of his church; he keeps them by his power, he preserves them by his grace, he holds them with his right hand; guides them by his counsel, keeps their feet from falling, and brings them safe to glory: and a watchful keeper he is, he does not so much as slumber; he keeps them night and day, lest any harm them, Isaiah 27:3. Gussetius reads the whole as a prayer, "let him not suffer [thy foot]", c. "let not thy keeper slumber" i to which the answer follows.

i אל יתן-אל ינום "ne permittat--ne dormitet", Junius Tremellius, Piscator so Ainsworth.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

He will not suffer thy foot to be moved - He will enable you to stand firm. You are safe in his protection. Compare the notes at Psalms 38:16. This, with the remainder of the psalm, seems to be of the nature of an answer to the anxious question in Psalms 121:1 - an answer which the author of the psalm, in danger and trouble, makes to his own soul, imparting confidence to himself.

He that keepeth thee will not slumber - He will be ever watchful and wakeful. Compare Isaiah 27:3. All creatures, as far as we know, sleep; God never sleeps. Compare Psalms 139:11-12. His eyes are upon us by day, and in the darkness of the night - the night literally; and also the night of calamity, woe, and sorrow.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 121:3. He will not suffer thy foot to be moved — The foundation, God's infinite power and goodness, on which thou standest, cannot be moved; and whilst thou standest on this basis, thy foot cannot be moved.