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He will not allow your foot to slip;(A)
    or your guardian to sleep.
Behold, the guardian of Israel
    never slumbers nor sleeps.
[a]The Lord is your guardian;
    the Lord is your shade
    at your right hand.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 121:5–6 The image of shade, a symbol of protection, is apt: God as shade protects from the harmful effects that ancients believed were caused by the sun and moon.

He will not let your foot slip—
    he who watches over you will not slumber;
indeed, he who watches(A) over Israel
    will neither slumber nor sleep.

The Lord watches over(B) you—
    the Lord is your shade at your right hand;

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