Tree of Life Version
Psalms 121:7
7Adonai will protect you from all evil. He will guard your life.
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
5Adonai is your Keeper. Adonai is your shadow at your right hand. 6The sun will not strike you by day, nor the moon by night. Adonai will protect you from all evil. He will guard your life. 8Adonai will watch over your coming and your going from this time forth and 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 91:9For you have made Elyon your dwelling, even Adonai, who is my refuge,
- Job 5:19From six calamities He will deliver you, even in seven, no harm will touch you.
- Proverbs 12:21No harm befalls the righteous, but the wicked are full of misery.
- Matthew 6:13And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.’
- Romans 8:28Now we know that all things work together for good for those who love God, who are called according to His purpose.
- 2 Timothy 4:18The Lord will rescue me from every evil deed and will deliver me safely into His heavenly Kingdom. To Him be the glory forever and ever. Amen.
- Psalms 34:22Evil kills the wicked— those who hate the righteous will be held guilty.
- Psalms 41:2Blessed is the one who considers the wretched— Adonai will deliver him in the evil day.
- Psalms 97:10You who love Adonai, hate evil! He watches over the souls of His godly ones. He delivers them out of the hand of the wicked.
- Psalms 145:20Adonai watches over 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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