Psalms 121:4

Bible in Basic English (1941)

See, the eyes of Israel's keeper will not be shut in sleep.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 127:1 : 1 <A Song of the going up. Of Solomon.> If the Lord is not helping the builders, then the building of a house is to no purpose: if the Lord does not keep the town, the watchman keeps his watch for nothing.
  • Ps 32:7-8 : 7 You are my safe and secret place; you will keep me from trouble; you will put songs of salvation on the lips of those who are round me. (Selah.) 8 I will give you knowledge, teaching you the way to go; my eye will be your guide.
  • Ps 27:1 : 1 <Of David.> The Lord is my light and my salvation; who is then a cause of fear to me? the Lord is the strength of my life; who is a danger to me?
  • Eccl 8:16 : 16 When I gave my mind to the knowledge of wisdom and to seeing the business which is done on the earth (and there are those whose eyes see not sleep by day or by night),
  • Isa 27:3 : 3 I, the Lord, am watching it; I will give it water at all times: I will keep it night and day, for fear that any damage comes to it.

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    89%

    3 May he not let your foot be moved: no need of sleep has he who keeps you.

  • Ps 121:5-8
    4 verses
    82%

    5 The Lord is your keeper; the Lord is your shade on your right hand.

    6 You will not be touched by the sun in the day, or by the moon at night.

    7 The Lord will keep you safe from all evil; he will take care of your soul.

    8 The Lord will keep watch over your going out and your coming in, from this time and for ever.

  • Ps 132:3-5
    3 verses
    79%

    3 Truly, I will not come into my house, or go to my bed,

    4 I will not give sleep to my eyes, or rest to my eyeballs,

    5 Till I have got a place for the Lord, a resting-place for the great God of Jacob.

  • Isa 62:6-7
    2 verses
    76%

    6 I have put watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem; they will not keep quiet day or night: you who are the Lord's recorders, take no rest,

    7 And give him no rest, till he puts Jerusalem in her place to be praised in the earth.

  • Prov 6:4
    74%

    4 Give no sleep to your eyes, or rest to them;

  • Isa 5:27
    72%

    27 There is no weariness among them, and no man is feeble-footed: they come without resting or sleeping, and the cord of their shoes is not broken.

  • Isa 27:3
    72%

    3 I, the Lord, am watching it; I will give it water at all times: I will keep it night and day, for fear that any damage comes to it.

  • Ps 3:5
    71%

    5 I took my rest in sleep, and then again I was awake; for the Lord was my support.

  • Ps 115:9
    71%

    9 O Israel, have faith in the Lord: he is their help and their breastplate.

  • Jer 14:8
    70%

    8 O you hope of Israel, its saviour in time of trouble, why are you like one who is strange in the land, and like a traveller putting up his tent for a night?

  • Isa 26:3
    69%

    3 The man whose heart is unmoved you will keep in peace, because his hope is in you.

  • Ps 77:4
    69%

    4 You keep my eyes from sleep; I am so troubled that no words come.

  • Ps 41:2
    69%

    2 The Lord will keep him safe, and give him life; the Lord will let him be a blessing on the earth, and will not give him into the hand of his haters.

  • Ps 44:23
    69%

    23 Why are you sleeping, O Lord? awake! and come to our help, do not give us up for ever.

  • Ps 91:11
    69%

    11 For he will give you into the care of his angels to keep you wherever you go.

  • Ps 115:12
    69%

    12 The Lord has kept us in mind and will give us his blessing; he will send blessings on the house of Israel and on the house of Aaron.

  • Ps 128:6
    69%

    6 May you see your children's children. Peace be on Israel.

  • Prov 24:33
    69%

    33 A little sleep, a little rest, a little folding of the hands in sleep:

  • Ps 127:1-2
    2 verses
    69%

    1 <A Song of the going up. Of Solomon.> If the Lord is not helping the builders, then the building of a house is to no purpose: if the Lord does not keep the town, the watchman keeps his watch for nothing.

    2 It is of no use for you to get up early, and to go late to your rest, with the bread of sorrow for your food; for the Lord gives to his loved ones in sleep.

  • Ps 89:18
    69%

    18 For our breastplate is the Lord; and our king is the Holy One of Israel's.

  • Jer 31:26
    69%

    26 At this, awaking from my sleep, I saw; and my sleep was sweet to me.

  • Ps 4:8
    68%

    8 I will take my rest on my bed in peace, because you only, Lord, keep me safe.

  • Ps 59:5
    68%

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    3 O Israel, have hope in the Lord, from this time and for ever.

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    3 Let my voice come before you, and give me an answer, O Lord my God; let your light be shining on me, so that the sleep of death may not overtake me;

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    1 <A Song of the going up.> Those whose hope is in the Lord are like the mountain of Zion, which may not be moved, but keeps its place for ever.

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  • Mark 13:36
    68%

    36 For fear that, coming suddenly, he sees you sleeping.

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    67%

    24 May the Lord send his blessing on you and keep you:

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    67%

    6 Who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all things in them; who keeps faith for ever:

  • Exod 31:16
    67%

    16 And the children of Israel are to keep the Sabbath holy, from generation to generation, by an eternal agreement.

  • Ps 66:9
    67%

    9 Because he gives us life, and has not let our feet be moved.

  • Isa 40:28
    67%

    28 Have you no knowledge of it? has it not come to your ears? The eternal God, the Lord, the Maker of the ends of the earth, is never feeble or tired; there is no searching out of his wisdom.

  • Prov 6:10
    67%

    10 A little sleep, a little rest, a little folding of the hands in sleep:

  • Isa 33:20
    67%

    20 Let your eyes be resting on Zion, the town of our holy feasts: you will see Jerusalem, a quiet resting-place, a tent which will not be moved, whose tent-pins will never be pulled up, and whose cords will never be broken.

  • Isa 62:1
    67%

    1 Because of Zion I will not keep quiet, and because of Jerusalem I will take no rest, till her righteousness goes out like the shining of the sun, and her salvation like a burning light.

  • Prov 3:26
    67%

    26 For the Lord will be your hope, and will keep your foot from being taken in the net.

  • Zeph 3:16
    67%

    16 In that day it will be said to Jerusalem, Have no fear: O Zion, let not your hands be feeble.

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    67%

    5 Gone is the wealth of the strong, their last sleep has overcome them; the men of war have become feeble.

  • Luke 4:10
    67%

    10 He will give his angels orders to take care of you:

  • Gen 28:15
    67%

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    67%

    5 Like birds with outstretched wings, so will the Lord of armies be a cover to Jerusalem; he will be a cover and salvation for it, going over it he will keep it from danger.

  • Ps 23:1
    67%

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