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Psalm 121:6

The sun will not harm you by day, nor the moon by night.

4Behold, he who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.
5The LORD is your keeper. The LORD is your shade on your right hand.
6The sun will not harm you by day, nor the moon by night.
7The LORD will keep you from all evil. He will keep your soul.
8The LORD will keep your going out and your coming in, from this time forward, and forever more.
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Notice

Sun and moon mark the whole span of a day, making the promise of God's keeping reach into both exposed hours and dark ones.

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Where else Scripture says this

4 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Revelation 7:16They will never be hungry or thirsty any more. The sun won’t beat on them, nor any heat;Both passages describe protection from the sun, with Revelation also naming relief from heat, hunger, and thirst.
Isaiah 49:10They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun strike them, for he who has mercy on them will lead them. He will guide them by springs of …Both passages promise that the sun will not harm those under God's care.
Psalm 91:5–10You shall not be afraid of the terror by night, nor of the arrow that flies by day,Both passages name day and night, extending their assurance across the hours when different threats may be feared.
Jonah 4:8When the sun arose, God prepared a sultry east wind; and the sun beat on Jonah’s head, so that he was faint and requested for himself that he might die. He …The sun appears in both texts: Psalm 121 promises protection from its harm, while Jonah suffers beneath its heat.
Where this verse fits

Fear for the future. anxiety or panic.

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One step

Something small to carry out of this verse

Read verses 4–8 aloud before bed

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Encouragement

Harm can make this promise hard to read. Its assurance rests on YHWH, your keeper, whose care does not end when daylight fades.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).