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Psalms 121:6

Psalms 121:6
The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Thee Lord shall preserve them from all evil,.... The Word of the Lord, as the Targum. Not from the evil of affliction, though from that as a penal evil; or as a real one, it being made to work for…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

The sun shall not smite thee by day - The Septuagint renders this, “shall not burn thee” - συγκαύσει sungkausei. So the Latin Vulgate. The Hebrew word means to smite, to strike, as with a rod or…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Psalms 121:1-8

This psalm teaches us,

I. To stay ourselves upon God as a God of power and a God all-sufficient for us. David did so and found the benefit of it. 1. We must not rely upon creatures, upon men and…

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