Psalms 121:5

For in that place, seats have sat down in judgment, seats above the house of David.

Catholic Public Domain Version

In The King James Version

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

In Context

4For to that place, the tribes ascended, the tribes of the Lord: the testimony of Israel, to confess to the name of the Lord.

6Petition for the things that are for the peace of Jerusalem, and for abundance for those who love you.

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Cross References

Exodus 13:21Now the Lord preceded them to show them the way, by day with a pillar of cloud, and by night with a pillar of fire, so that he might be the leader of their journey at both times.

Psalms 91:1A Canticle Psalm. On the day of the Sabbath.

Isaiah 4:5And the Lord will create, over every place of Mount Zion and wherever he is called upon, a cloud by day and a smoke with the splendor of burning fire by night. For protection will be over every glory.

Isaiah 32:2And a man will be like someone hidden from the wind, who conceals himself from a storm, or like rivers of waters in a time of thirst, or like the shadow of a rock that juts out in a desert land.

Matthew Henry on Psalms 121:2-8

Confidence in God. 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… Read the whole commentary →

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