# Psalms 121.4

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**Book:** [Psalms](/codex/psalms/) · NASB95

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 2. My help cometh from Jehovah, Who made heaven and earth. 3. He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: He that keepeth thee will not slumber.
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> **4. Behold, he that keepeth Israel Will neither slumber nor sleep.**
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> 5. Jehovah is thy keeper: Jehovah is thy shade upon thy right hand. 6. The sun shall not smite thee by day, Nor the moon by night. (Psalms 121:2-6, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 2. My help comes from Yahweh, who made heaven and earth. 3. He will not allow your foot to be moved. He who keeps you will not slumber.
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> **4. Behold, he who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.**
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> 5. Yahweh is your keeper. Yahweh is your shade on your right hand. 6. The sun will not harm you by day, nor the moon by night. (Psalms 121:2-6, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 2. My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth. 3. He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber.
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> **4. Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.**
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> 5. The LORD is thy keeper: the LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand. 6. The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night. (Psalms 121:2-6, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 2. My help [is] from Jehovah, maker of heaven and earth, 3. He suffereth not thy foot to be moved, Thy preserver slumbereth not.
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> **4. Lo, He slumbereth not, nor sleepeth, He who is preserving Israel.**
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> 5. Jehovah [is] thy preserver, Jehovah [is] thy shade on thy right hand, 6. By day the sun doth not smite thee, Nor the moon by night. (Psalms 121:2-6, YLT)

## Setting

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## Theological reading

_Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._

## Key words

_Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word._

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## Notes

_Your annotations._

## Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.