Psalms 121:5
Woe is me, that my sojourning is prolonged! I have dwelt with the inhabitants of cedar:
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
The LORD is thy keeper: the LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand.
In Context
4The sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals that lay waste.
6my soul hath been long a sojourner.
Cross References
Exodus 13:21And the Lord went before them to shew the way by day in a pillar of a cloud, and by night in a pillar of fire: that he might be the guide of their journey at both times.
Psalms 91:1The praise of a canticle for David. He that dwelleth in the aid of the most High, shall abide under the protection of the God of Jacob.
Isaiah 4:5And the Lord will create upon every place of mount Sion, and where he is called upon, a cloud by day, and a smoke and the brightness of a flaming fire in the night: for over all the glory shall be a protection.
Isaiah 32:2And a man shall be as when one is hid from the wind, and hideth himself from a storm, as rivers of waters in drought, and the shadow of a rock that standeth 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 →