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Psalms 121:3

He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber.

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אַלalnotאַלparticle, negative — “not”H408not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothingnay, neither, [phrase] never, no, nor, not, nothing (worth), rather than.יִתֵּ֣ןyitengiveנָתַןverb, qal, jussive, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “give”, a wish or indirect commandH5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, [idiom] avenge, [idiom] be (healed), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, [phrase] cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, [idiom] doubtless, [idiom] wi…לַמּ֣וֹטlamotto yokeמוֹטpreposition, with the article, verb, qal, infinitive construct — “to yoke”, the to-form of the verbH4132a wavering, i.e. fall; by implication, a pole (as shaking); hence, a yoke (as essentially a bent pole)bar, be moved, staff, yoke.רַגְלֶ֑ךָraglekhafootרֶגֶלnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “foot”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7272a foot (as used in walking); by implication, a step; by euphemistically the pudenda[idiom] be able to endure, [idiom] according as, [idiom] after, [idiom] coming, [idiom] follow, (broken-)foot(-ed, -stool), [idiom] great toe, [idiom] haunt, [idiom] journey, leg, [phrase] piss, [phrase] possession, time.אַלalnotאַלparticle, negative — “not”H408not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothingnay, neither, [phrase] never, no, nor, not, nothing (worth), rather than.יָ֝נ֗וּםyanumslumberנוּםverb, qal, jussive, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “slumber”, a wish or indirect commandH5123to slumber (from drowsiness)sleep, slumber.שֹֽׁמְרֶֽךָshomerekhabewardשָׁמַרverb, qal, participle, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “beward”, a verb used as a describing wordH8104properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.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).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

He will not suffer thy foot to be moved; He that keepeth thee will not slumber.

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American Standard Version (1901)

He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: He that keepeth thee will not slumber.

Young’s Literal Translation

He suffereth not thy foot to be moved, Thy preserver slumbereth not.

World English Bible

He will not allow your foot to be moved. He who keeps you will not slumber.

Darby Translation

He will not suffer thy foot to be moved; he that keepeth thee will not slumber.

Douay-Rheims

Jerusalem, which is built as a city, which is compact together.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

He will not suffer thy foot to be moved; He that keepeth thee will not slumber.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Let not thy foot be moved; and let not thy keeper slumber.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Μὴ δῴης εἰς σάλον τὸν πόδα σου, μηδὲ νυστάξῃ ὁ φυλάσσων σε.