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Psalms 121:7
7The Lord is the one who takes care of you in all danger. He keeps your life safe.
Psalms 121:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul.
- New International Version (NIV)The Lord will keep you from all harm— he will watch over your life;
- English Standard Version (ESV)The Lord will keep you from all evil; he will keep your life.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The Lord shall preserve you from all evil; He shall preserve your soul.
Context of Psalms 121:7
5The Lord is the one who keeps you safe. He is very near to you. He will give you shade from the hot sun. 6The hot sun will not hurt you in the daytime. At night, the moon cannot hurt you. The Lord is the one who takes care of you in all danger. He keeps your life safe. 8Whatever you do and wherever you go, the Lord will always keep you safe, now and for ever.
Read all of Psalms 121Psalms 121:7 word by word
יְֽהוָ֗ה יִשְׁמָרְךָ֥ מִכָּל־רָ֑ע יִ֝שְׁמֹ֗ר אֶת־נַפְשֶֽׁךָ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 121:7
- Psalms 91:9You have come to the Lord to make you safe. The Most High God has become your home.
- Job 5:19If trouble comes to you six times, he will rescue you. No bad thing will hurt you, as often as it happens.
- Proverbs 12:21Trouble keeps away from righteous people. But wicked people have trouble all the time.
- Matthew 6:13Do not let us agree to do wrong things. Keep us safe from Satan.” ’
- Romans 8:28We know that God works to help those people who love him. He uses everything that happens to them to bring something good. He does this for those people that he has chosen to serve him.
- 2 Timothy 4:18The Lord will continue to save me from every bad thing. And he will bring me safely to heaven, where he rules. He is great and we should praise him for ever! Amen! This is true!
- Psalms 34:22The Lord saves the lives of his servants. Everyone who trusts the Lord to keep them safe will not receive punishment as a guilty person.
- Psalms 41:2The Lord keeps him safe. The Lord saves his life! God causes him to be happy here in the land where he lives. The Lord will not put him under the power of his enemies.
- Psalms 97:10If you love the Lord, then hate anything that is evil. The Lord protects the lives of those who serve him. He keeps them safe from the power of wicked people.
- Psalms 145:20Whoever loves the Lord, he keeps safe. But he destroys wicked people.
Commentaries on Psalms 121:7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil - Spiritual and corporeal, natural and moral. He shall preserve thy soul - Take care of thy life, and take care of thy soul.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil - This is an advance of the thought. The psalmist had in the previous verses specified some particular evils from which he says God would keep those who put their trust in him. He now makes the remark general, and says that God would not only preserve from these particular evils, but would keep those who trusted in him from all evil: he would be their Protector in all the perils of life. He shall preserve thy…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-8The leader of the group of pilgrims uses word pictures to assure the group of the Lord’s presence during the journey.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 6-86-8. God keeps His people at all times and in all perils. nor the moon by night--poetically represents the dangers of the night, over which the moon presides (Ge 1:16).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 121
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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