Psalm 121:5
The Lord is thy keeper: the Lord is thy shade upon thy right hand.
Cross-references
Psalm 16:8 says God is at the psalmist's right hand — parallel to 'shade on your right hand' for protection.
Psalm 109:31 says God stands at the right hand of the needy to save — same right-hand protection theme.
Isaiah 4:5 depicts God creating a cloud and fire as a canopy of shade over Zion — the same protective shade metaphor.
Isaiah 4:6 continues with a shelter for shade and refuge — directly echoing the 'shade' of divine protection here.
Isaiah 25:4 describes God as a shade from the heat and refuge — identical imagery of God as protective shade.
Isaiah 32:2 compares a righteous ruler to the shade of a great rock — similar metaphor of shade as protection.
Genesis 28:15 promises God will 'keep' Jacob — the same Hebrew verb (shamar) for 'keeper' here.
1 Samuel 2:9 uses the same verb 'keep' for God guarding the saints—directly echoing God as keeper in Psalm 121:5.
Isaiah 49:10 promises the sun will not smite them—directly matching the shade protection in Psalm 121:5.
Exodus 13:21 shows God leading with a cloud by day — a visible sign of sheltering presence, mirroring the shade imagery here.
Exodus 13:22 emphasizes the pillar of cloud and fire never departing — God's abiding protective presence.
Proverbs 2:8 says God 'keepeth the paths of judgment'—paralleling God as keeper in Psalm 121:5.
Matthew 23:37 uses a hen's wings as a protective covering — analogous to God's shade imagery here.