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Psalms 121:6 — King James Version← Study notes

The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.


Psalms 121:6Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 121:66 words
HebrewMeaning
יוֹמָ֗םywōmām
by dayadvH3119
(by · in the) day
הַ/שֶּׁ֥מֶשׁhašemeš
the sunparticleH8121
east side · west · window. See also
לֹֽאlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
יַכֶּ֗/כָּהyakekāh
it will strike youverbH5221
cast forth · clap · give · go forward ···
וְ/יָרֵ֥חַwəyārēḥa
and the moonconjH3394
בַּ/לָּֽיְלָהbalāyəlāh
in the nightpronH3915
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 121:6

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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