At noon Elijah mocked them, saying, “Cry aloud! Surely he is a god; either he is meditating, or he has wandered away, or he is on a journey, or perhaps he is asleep and must be awakened.”
Psalm 121:4 - New Revised Standard Version He who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Behold, he that keepeth Israel Shall neither slumber nor sleep. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Behold, He who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep. American Standard Version (1901) Behold, he that keepeth Israel Will neither slumber nor sleep. Common English Bible No! Israel’s protector never sleeps or rests! Catholic Public Domain Version For to that place, the tribes ascended, the tribes of the Lord: the testimony of Israel, to confess to the name of the Lord. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For thither did the tribes go up, the tribes of the Lord: the testimony of Israel, to praise the name of the Lord. |
At noon Elijah mocked them, saying, “Cry aloud! Surely he is a god; either he is meditating, or he has wandered away, or he is on a journey, or perhaps he is asleep and must be awakened.”
Unless the Lord builds the house, those who build it labor in vain. Unless the Lord guards the city, the guard keeps watch in vain.
The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
When I applied my mind to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done on earth, how one's eyes see sleep neither day nor night,
I, the Lord, am its keeper; every moment I water it. I guard it night and day so that no one can harm it;
For this reason they are before the throne of God, and worship him day and night within his temple, and the one who is seated on the throne will shelter them.