Psalms

Psalm 121:5–6

⁵The LORD is your keeper;

the LORD is the shade on your right hand.

⁶The sun will not strike you by day,

nor the moon by night.

Word by word

Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
The LORD	יְהוָ֥ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
your keeper	שֹׁמְרֶ֑ךָ	šō·mə·re·ḵā	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H8104 keep, watch, preserve
the LORD	יְהוָ֥ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
the shade	צִ֝לְּךָ֗	ṣil·lə·ḵā	Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H6738 shadow
on	עַל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
your right	יְמִינֶֽךָ׃	yə·mî·ne·ḵā	Noun - feminine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H3225 right hand
hand	יַ֥ד	yaḏ	Noun - feminine singular construct	H3027 hand

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
The sun	הַשֶּׁ֥מֶשׁ	haš·še·meš	Article; Noun - common singular	H8121 sun
will not	לֹֽא־	lō-	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
strike	יַכֶּ֗כָּה	yak·kek·kāh	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular; second person masculine singular	H5221 smite
you by day	יוֹמָ֗ם	yō·w·mām	Adverb	H3119 daytime, by day
nor the moon	וְיָרֵ֥חַ	wə·yā·rê·aḥ	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular	H3394 moon
by night	בַּלָּֽיְלָה׃	bal·lā·yə·lāh	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H3915 twist, night, adversity

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Psalm 121:5 Isaiah 25:4 · Psalm 91:1 · Exodus 13:21 · Psalm 16:8 · Isaiah 4:5–6 · Psalm 109:31 · Isaiah 32:2 · Matthew 23:37

Psalm 121:6 Revelation 7:16 · Isaiah 49:10 · Psalm 91:5–10 · Jonah 4:8

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.