Contradictions and Paradoxes in Psalms 121:4

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Psalms 121:4 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Psalms 121:4. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the book of Psalms, God watches over and takes care of His people all the time without ever getting tired or falling asleep. This means we can trust that God is always there to protect us.

Psalms 121:4: Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.

Contradiction with Psalm 44:23

This verse urges God to wake up, suggesting He might be asleep, which contradicts Psalms 121:4 that states God does not slumber.

Psalm 44:23: Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast [us] not off for ever.

Contradiction with Isaiah 51:9

Calls for God's arm to awake, implying that God needs to rouse Himself, contradicting Psalms 121:4's idea of God never sleeping.

Isaiah 51:9: Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. [Art] thou not it that hath cut Rahab, [and] wounded the dragon?

Contradiction with Mark 4:38

Describes Jesus sleeping during a storm, which seems at odds with the assertion in Psalms 121:4 that God does not slumber.

Mark 4:38: And he was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep on a pillow: and they awake him, and say unto him, Master, carest thou not that we perish?

Contradiction with Psalm 73:20

Compares God’s actions to awakening from sleep, which suggests a capability of sleeping, contrary to Psalms 121:4.

Psalm 73:20: As a dream when [one] awaketh; [so], O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image.
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