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6The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.

Psalms 121:6

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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  • They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat.

  • They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun smite them: for he that hath mercy on them shall lead them, even by the springs of water shall he guide them.

  • Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day; …

  • And it came to pass, when the sun did arise, that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and wished in himself to die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live.

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-8)

This psalm teaches us, I. To stay ourselves upon God as a God of power and a God all-sufficient for us. David did so and found the benefit of it. 1. We must not rely upon creatures, upon men and means, instruments and second causes, nor make flesh our arm: “ Shall I lift up my eyes to the hills ?”—so some read it. “Does my help come thence? Shall I depend upon the powers of the earth, upon the str…

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