Unless the Lord builds the house, those who build it labor in vain. Unless the Lord watches over the city, the watchman stays awake in vain.
Psalm 121:3 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) He will not let your foot be moved, he who keeps you will not slumber. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: He that keepeth thee will not slumber. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition He will not allow your foot to slip or to be moved; He Who keeps you will not slumber. [I Sam. 2:9; Ps. 127:1; Prov. 3:23, 26; Isa. 27:3.] American Standard Version (1901) He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: He that keepeth thee will not slumber. Common English Bible God won’t let your foot slip. Your protector won’t fall asleep on the job. Catholic Public Domain Version Jerusalem has been built as a city, whose participation is unto itself. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Jerusalem, which is built as a city, which is compact together. |
Unless the Lord builds the house, those who build it labor in vain. Unless the Lord watches over the city, the watchman stays awake in vain.
the Lord protects him and keeps him alive; he is called blessed in the land; thou dost not give him up to the will of his enemies.
But thou, O God, wilt cast them down into the lowest pit; men of blood and treachery shall not live out half their days. But I will trust in thee.
On their hands they will bear you up, lest you dash your foot against a stone.
for the Lord will be your confidence and will keep your foot from being caught.
I, the Lord, am its keeper; every moment I water it. Lest any one harm it, I guard it night and day;
who by God's power are guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
“He will guard the feet of his faithful ones; but the wicked shall be cut off in darkness; for not by might shall a man prevail.