Translations
The LORD is thy keeper: the LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand.
YHWH is your Guardian; YHWH is your shade at your right hand.
Yahweh is your Keeper; Yahweh is your sheltering shadow at your right hand.
The LORD is your keeper; the LORD is the shade on your right hand.
Footnotes
Tzel, "shade" or "shadow," carried life-and-death weight in the ancient Near East: shade from an unrelenting sun was literal survival, not metaphor. The image also resonates with the divine cloud-pillar that sheltered Israel in the wilderness (Ex. 13:21–22) and the wings of divine refuge under which the psalmist repeatedly shelters (Ps. 17:8; 91:1). "At your right hand" denotes the place of both honur and defence—the right hand was the sword hand, so Yahweh positioned there is a shield-bearing escort. F.O.G. retains the concrete "shade"; F.O.G.M. expands to "sheltering shadow" to make the protective nuance explicit for modern readers.

