Charles Ellicott Commentary Psalms 121:3

Charles Ellicott Commentary

Psalms 121:3

1819–1905
Anglican
Charles Ellicott
Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott Commentary

Psalms 121:3

1819–1905
Anglican
SCRIPTURE

"He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: He that keepeth thee will not slumber." — Psalms 121:3 (ASV)

He will not.—The Septuagint and Vulgate rightly, “may He not suffer,” etc. The Hebrew cannot be a simple negative. That it is Israel which is addressed, the next verse seems to prove.