Psalms 121:6
Petition for the things that are for the peace of Jerusalem, and for abundance for those who love you.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.
In Context
5For in that place, seats have sat down in judgment, seats above the house of David.
7Let peace be in your virtue, and abundance in your towers.
Cross References
Psalms 91:5For you, O Lord, have delighted me with your doings, and I will exult in the works of your hands.
Jonah 4:8And when the sun had risen, the Lord ordered a hot and burning wind. And the sun beat down on the head of Jonah, and he burned. And he petitioned for his soul that he might die, and he said, “It is better for me to die than to live.”
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 →