Psalms 121:5

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Jehovah is thy keeper: Jehovah is thy shade upon thy right hand.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יְהוָ֥ה שֹׁמְרֶ֑ךָ יְהוָ֥ה צִ֝לְּךָ֗ עַל־יַ֥ד יְמִינֶֽךָ

Transliteration

YHWH your šōmrekā; YHWH your ṣillekā upon yad your yəmînekā.

Grammar Details

*YHWH*: proper noun, divine name
*šōmrekā*: participle Qal, masculine singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your keeper
*ṣillekā*: noun, masculine singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your shade/shadow
*ʿal-yad*: preposition with noun construct - upon/at the hand of
*yəmînekā*: noun, feminine singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your right hand/right side

Word Meanings

*šōmrekā*: your keeper/your guardian/your protector
*ṣillekā*: your shade/your shadow/your protection
*ʿal-yad*: upon the hand of/at the side of/beside
*yəmînekā*: your right hand/your right side/your strong side

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Ps 16:8 : 8 I have set Jehovah always before me: Because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
Isa 25:4 : 4 For thou hast been a stronghold to the poor, a stronghold to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.
Isa 32:2 : 2 And a man shall be as a hiding-place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest, as streams of water in a dry place, as the shade of a great rock in a weary land.
Exod 13:21 : 21 And Jehovah went before them by day in a pillar of cloud, to lead them the way, and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; that they might go by day and by night:
Ps 91:1 : 1 He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
Ps 109:31 : 31 For he will stand at the right hand of the needy, To save him from them that judge his soul.
Isa 4:5-6 : 5 And Jehovah will create over the whole habitation of mount Zion, and over her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night; for over all the glory [shall be spread] a covering. 6 And there shall be a pavilion for a shade in the day-time from the heat, and for a refuge and for a covert from storm and from rain.
Matt 23:37 : 37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that killeth the prophets, and stoneth them that are sent unto her! 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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