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Psalms 121:5 — King James Version← Study notes

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


Psalms 121:5Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 121:57 words
HebrewMeaning
יְהוָ֥הyəhwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
שֹׁמְרֶ֑/ךָšōmərekā
is protector yourverbH8104
be circumspect · take heed · keep(-er · self) ···
יְהוָ֥הyəhwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
צִ֝לְּ/ךָ֗ṣiləkā
is shade yournounH6738
shade
עַלʿal
atpronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
יַ֥דyad
the hand ofnounH3027
about · armholes · at · axletree ···
יְמִינֶֽ/ךָyəmiynekā
right yournounH3225
left-handed · side) · south
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 121:5

1. ...Let them “lift up their eyes to the hills whence comes their help” Psalm 120:1. What means, The hills have been lightened? The Sun of righteousness has already risen, the Gospel has been already preached by the Apostles, the Scriptures have been preached, all the mysteries have been laid open, the veil has been rent, the secret place of the temple has been revealed: let them now at length lift their eyes up to the hills, whence their help comes...“Of His fullness have…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 121
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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