New King James Version
Psalms 121:7
7The Lord shall preserve you from all evil; He shall preserve your soul.
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 Living Translation (NLT)The Lord keeps you from all harm and watches over your life.
Context of Psalms 121:7
5The Lord is your keeper; The Lord is your shade at your right hand. 6The sun shall not strike you by day, Nor the moon by night. The Lord shall preserve you from all evil; He shall preserve your soul. 8The Lord shall preserve your going out and your coming in From this time forth, and even forevermore.
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 91:9Because you have made the Lord, who is my refuge, Even the Most High, your dwelling place,
- Job 5:19He shall deliver you in six troubles, Yes, in seven no evil shall touch you.
- Proverbs 12:21No grave trouble will overtake the righteous, But the wicked shall be filled with evil.
- Matthew 6:13And do not lead us into temptation, But deliver us from the evil one. For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.
- Romans 8:28And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.
- 2 Timothy 4:18And the Lord will deliver me from every evil work and preserve me for His heavenly kingdom. To Him be glory forever and ever. Amen!
- Psalms 34:22The Lord redeems the soul of His servants, And none of those who trust in Him shall be condemned.
- Psalms 41:2The Lord will preserve him and keep him alive, And he will be blessed on the earth; You will not deliver him to the will of his enemies.
- Psalms 97:10You who love the Lord, hate evil! He preserves the souls of His saints; He delivers them out of the hand of the wicked.
- Psalms 145:20The Lord preserves all who love Him, But all the wicked He will destroy.
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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