Psalms 121:6
my soul hath been long a sojourner.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.
In Context
5Woe is me, that my sojourning is prolonged! I have dwelt with the inhabitants of cedar:
Cross References
Psalms 91:5His truth shall compass thee with a shield: thou shalt not be afraid of the terror of the night.
Jonah 4:8And when the sun was risen, the Lord commanded a hot and burning wind: and the sun beat upon the head of Jonas, and he broiled with the heat: and he desired for his soul that he might die, and 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 →