English Standard Version
Psalms 121:8
8The Lord will keep your going out and your coming in from this time forth and forevermore.
Psalms 121:8 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.
- New International Version (NIV)the Lord will watch over your coming and going both now and forevermore.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The Lord shall preserve your going out and your coming in From this time forth, and even forevermore.
- New Living Translation (NLT)The Lord keeps watch over you as you come and go, both now and forever.
Context of Psalms 121:8
6The sun shall not strike you by day, nor the moon by night. 7The Lord will keep you from all evil; he will keep your life. The Lord will keep your going out and your coming in from this time forth and forevermore.
Read all of Psalms 121Psalms 121:8 word by word
יְֽהוָ֗ה יִשְׁמָר־צֵאתְךָ֥ וּבוֹאֶ֑ךָ מֵֽ֝עַתָּ֗ה וְעַד־עוֹלָֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 121:8
- Deuteronomy 28:6Blessed shall you be when you come in, and blessed shall you be when you go out.
- 2 Samuel 5:2In times past, when Saul was king over us, it was you who led out and brought in Israel. And the Lord said to you, 'You shall be shepherd of my people Israel, and you shall be prince over Israel.'"
- Ezra 8:21Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before our God, to seek from him a safe journey for ourselves, our children, and all our goods.
- Proverbs 2:8guarding the paths of justice and watching over the way of his saints.
- Proverbs 3:6In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.
- James 4:13Come now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit"—
- Psalms 113:2Blessed be the name of the Lord from this time forth and forevermore!
- Psalms 115:18But we will bless the Lord from this time forth and forevermore. Praise the Lord!
Commentaries on Psalms 121:8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8Thy going out and thy coming in - Night and day - in all thy business and undertakings; and this through the whole course of thy life: for evermore.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8The Lord shall preserve thou going out and thy coming in - Preserve thee in going out and coming in; in going from thy dwelling, and returning to it; in going from home and coming back; that is, everywhere, and at all times. Compare Deuteronomy 28:6. See the notes also at Job 5:24. “From this time forth, and even forevermore.” Through this life and for ever. This is the gracious assurance which is made to all who put their trust in God. At home and…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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