Psalms Chapter 121 verse 6 Holy Bible
The sun shall not smite thee by day, Nor the moon by night.
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You will not be touched by the sun in the day, or by the moon at night.
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The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.
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The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.
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The sun will not harm you by day, Nor the moon by night.
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By day the sun doth not smite thee, Nor the moon by night.
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Psalms 121 : 6 Bible Verse Songs
Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 6. - The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night. These were the chief dangers of travelers, whether pilgrims or others. Coup de soleil was feared by day, and the deleterious influence of the moon's rays by night. This last has sometimes been doubted, but the observation of modern travelers seems to show that bad effects actually fellow on sleeping in the moonlight in hot countries (see Curzon's 'Travels,' p. 36; Leopolt, 'India Missions,' p. 7).
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(6) Smite thee.--The mention of shade leads to the amplification of the figure. The evil effects of sunstroke are too well known to need comment. They are often mentioned in the Bible (2Kings 4:18; 2Kings 4:20; Jonah 4; Judith 8:3).Nor the moon by night.--Possibly there is allusion to the belief, so common in old times, of the harmful influence of the moon's light--a belief still recalled in the word lunacy. It is a fact that temporary blindness is often caused by moonlight. (See authorities referred to by Ewald and Delitzsch.) Others, again, think that the injurious cold of the night is here placed in antithesis to the heat of the noonday sun (comp. Genesis 31:40; Jeremiah 36:30), the impression that intense cold burns being common in the East, as indeed everywhere. Tennyson speaks of the moon being "keen with frost." But it is also possible that the generally harmful effects of night air are intended. . . .
