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Psalm 121

Sal. 121:4 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Behold, he that keepeth
shamar (Hebrew #8104)
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
KJV usage: beward, be circumspect, take heed (to self), keep(-er, self), mark, look narrowly, observe, preserve, regard, reserve, save (self), sure, (that lay) wait (for), watch(-man).
Pronounce: shaw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
Israel
Yisra'el (Hebrew #3478)
from 8280 and 410; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: --Israel.
Pronounce: yis-raw-ale'
shall neither slumber
nuwm (Hebrew #5123)
to slumber (from drowsiness)
KJV usage: sleep, slumber.
Pronounce: noom
Origin: a primitive root
nor sleep
yashen (Hebrew #3462)
properly, to be slack or languid, i.e. (by implication) sleep (figuratively, to die); also to grow old, stale or inveterate
KJV usage: old (store), remain long, (make to) sleep.
Pronounce: yaw-shane'
Origin: a primitive root
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 He slumbers not, nor sleeps. The point is, Direct me away from all false and vain hopes, and set forth the one true object and resource, surely to be reckoned upon, and reckoned upon to keep all evil away. (Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 120-131 by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Behold, he that keepeth Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.