Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.
Behold, he that keepeth Israel Will neither slumber nor sleep.
Lo, He slumbereth not, nor sleepeth, He who is preserving Israel.
Behold, he that keepeth Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.
Voices3
[Daniel 4:13-14] "'And behold, a watchman and a holy one descended from heaven, and he cried out with a loud voice and spoke as follows: 'Cut down the tree and chop off its branches...'" Instead of "watchman" Theodotion uses the Chaldee word itself, hir, which is written with the three letters 'ayin, yodh, and resh. But it signifies the angels, because they ever keep watch and are prepared to carry out God's command. And so we too follow the example of the angels in their duties when we engage in frequent night-long vigils.
Jerome· St. Jerome, Commentary on Daniel, CHAPTER FOUR, 420patristic
. Ver. 4. Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. The consoling truth must be repeated: it is too rich to be dismissed in a single line. It were well if we always imitated the sweet singer, and would dwell a little upon a choice doctrine, sucking the honey from it.
We must fetch in help from God, by faith in his promises, and a due regard to all his institutions: " I will lift up my eyes to the hills " (probably he meant the hills on which the temple was built, Mount Moriah, and the holy hill of Zion, where the ark of the covenant, the oracle, and the altars were);
Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan
Psalms — The canon's longest book — 150 Psalms edited into five doxology-bookended books, composed across a millennium, attributed to David, Asaph, Korah's sons, Moses, Solomon, Heman, Ethan, and anonymous voices. A ''Torah of David''; the Bible's longest continuous liturgical-devotional corpus.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread — the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first — the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
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Psalms 127:1Unless the LORD builds the house, its builders labor in vain; unless the LORD protects the city, its watchmen stand guard in vain.
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A man’s heart plans his course, but the LORD determines his steps.
So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow.
There is no wisdom, no understanding, no counsel that can prevail against the LORD.
For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, God’s building.
No king is saved by his vast army; no warrior is delivered by his great strength.
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Isaiah 27:3I, the LORD, am its keeper; I water it continually. I guard it night and day so no one can disturb it;
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The LORD will always guide you; He will satisfy you in a sun-scorched land and strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail.
“I am the true vine, and My Father is the keeper of the vineyard.
He guards the steps of His faithful ones, but the wicked perish in darkness; for by his own strength shall no man prevail.
The whole web at once: see the Arc.
The verses this one reaches11
‘May the LORD bless you and keep you;
Unless the LORD builds the house, its builders labor in vain; unless the LORD protects the city, its watchmen stand guard in vain.
I, the LORD, am its keeper; I water it continually. I guard it night and day so no one can disturb it;
When you lie down, you will not be afraid; when you rest, your sleep will be sweet.
You are my hiding place. You protect me from trouble; You surround me with songs of deliverance. Selah
When I applied my mind to know wisdom and to observe the task that one performs on the earth—though his eyes do not see sleep in the day or even in the night—
At noon Elijah began to taunt them, saying, “Shout louder, for he is a god! Perhaps he is deep in thought, or occupied, or on a journey. Perhaps he is sleeping and must be awakened!”
The LORD is my light and my salvation— whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life— whom shall I dread?
For this reason, they are before the throne of God and serve Him day and night in His temple; and the One seated on the throne will spread His tabernacle over them.
Also make a covering for the tent out of ram skins dyed red, and over that a covering of fine leather.
He placed garrisons throughout Edom, and all the Edomites were subject to David. So the LORD made David victorious wherever he went.
