Psalms 121 · Verse 5

Psalms 121:5

The Lord is thy keeper: the Lord is thy shade upon thy right hand.
Psalms 121:5, King James Version

Psalms 121:5 in other translations

BSBThe LORD is your keeper; the LORD is the shade on your right hand.
WEBThe LORD is your keeper. The LORD is your shade on your right hand.
ASVJehovah is thy keeper: Jehovah is thy shade upon thy right hand.
YLTJehovah is thy preserver, Jehovah is thy shade on thy right hand,
DARBYJehovah is thy keeper, Jehovah is thy shade upon thy right hand;
BBEThe Lord is your keeper; the Lord is your shade on your right hand.
WebsterThe LORD is thy keeper: the LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand.

What does Psalms 121:5 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
5. upon thy right hand--a protector's place (Psa 109:31; 110:5).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Psalms 121:5 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

יְהוָ֥הYah.wehYahwehH3068
שֹׁמְרֶ֑ךָsho.me.Re.kha[is] protector yourH8104
יְהוָ֥הYah.wehYahwehH3068
צִ֝לְּךָ֗tzi.le.kha[is] shade yourH6738
עַל\־'al-atH5921
יַ֥דyad[the] hand ofH3027
יְמִינֶֽךָ\׃ye.mi.Ne.kharight yourH3225

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 121:5

  • Isaiah 25:4

    For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.

  • Psalms 91:1

    He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.

  • Exodus 13:21

    And the Lord went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night:

  • Psalms 16:8

    I have set the Lord always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.

  • Isaiah 4:5-6

    And the Lord will create upon every dwelling place of mount Zion, and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night: for upon all the glory shall be a defence. And there shall be a tabernacle for a shadow in the daytime from the heat, and for a place of refuge, and for a covert from storm and from rain.

  • Psalms 109:31

    For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those that condemn his soul.

  • Isaiah 32:2

    And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.

  • Matthew 23:37

    O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
thy shade.
Ex 13:21; Isa 4:5,6; 25:4; 32:2; Mt 23:37
upon.
16:8; 109:31

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Psalms 121:4

    Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.

  • Psalms 121:5

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

  • Psalms 121:6

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

Read all of Psalms 121

Psalms 121:5 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Jehová es tu guardador: Jehová es tu sombra á tu mano derecha.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
L’ Éternel est celui qui te garde; l’ Éternel est ton ombre, à ta main droite.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Jehova ist dein Hüter, Jehova ist dein Schatten über deiner rechten Hand.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Quia illic sederunt sedes in judicio, sedes super domum David.