Psalms 121:7

The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
LORD	יְֽהוָ֗ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
preserve	יִשְׁמָרְךָ֥ yish.ma.re.Kha	H8104	properly · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
evil	רָ֑ע Ra'	H7451	bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral) · adjective, masculine singular absolute
preserve	יִ֝שְׁמֹ֗ר yish.Mor	H8104	properly · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
soul	נַפְשֶֽׁךָ naf.She.kha	H5315	properly · noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular

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Cross-references

2 Timothy 4:18 And the Lord shall deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve me unto his heavenly kingdom: to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen…
Psalms 91:9-12 Because thou hast made the LORD, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation;
Psalms 41:2 The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall be blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his e…
Proverbs 12:21 There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled with mischief.
Psalms 145:20 The LORD preserveth all them that love him: but all the wicked will he destroy.
Job 5:19-27 He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.
Psalms 34:22 The LORD redeemeth the soul of his servants: and none of them that trust in him shall be desolate.
Romans 8:35-39 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 121:1–end

This psalm teaches us, I. To stay ourselves upon God as a God of power and a God all-sufficient for us. David did so and found the benefit of it. 1. We must not rely upon creatures, upon men and means, instruments and second causes, nor make flesh our arm: "Shall I lift up my eyes to the hills?" - so some read it. "Does my help come thence? Shall I depend upon the powers of the earth, upon the strength of the hills, upon princes and great men, who, like hills, fill the earth, and hold up their heads towards heaven? No; in vain is salvation hoped for from hills and mountains, Jer 3:23. I never expect help to come from them; my confidence is in God only." We must lift up our eyes above the hil…

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John Gill on Psalms 121:7

Thee Lord shall preserve them from all evil,.... The Word of the Lord, as the Targum. Not from the evil of affliction, though from that as a penal evil; or as a real one, it being made to work for good: but from the evil of sin; not from the being or commission of it; but from its dominion and damning power, or from a final and total falling away by it: and from the evil of the world; not from tribulation in it, nor from the reproach or persecution of it; but from the wickedness and lusts that are in it, and from the wicked men of it, their power, rage, and fury: and from the evil one, Satan; not from his temptations, but from sinking under them, and perishing by them; see John 17:12; he sh…

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John Calvin on Psalms 121:6–end

Psalm 121:6-8 6. The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night. [65] 7. Jehovah shall keep thee from all evil; he will keep thy soul. 8. Jehovah will keep thy going out and thy coming in, henceforth and for ever. 6. The sun shall not smite thee by day. By these forms of expression the Psalmist magnifies the advantages which result to us from our having God present with us; and, by the figure synecdoche, under one particular, he declares in general that the faithful shall be safe from all adversities, defended as they are by Divine power. The language is metaphorical, the cold of night and the heat of day denoting all kind of inconveniences. The sense then is, that although God…

The Church Fathers

"For the Lord shall preserve you from all evil" [Psalm 121:7]. From offenses in the sun, from offenses in the moon, from all evil shall He preserve you, who is your defence upon the hand of your right hand, who will not sleep nor slumber. And for what reason? Because we are amid temptations: "The Lord shall preserve you from all evil. The Lord preserve your soul:" even your very soul.
— Augustine of Hippo, Exposition on Psalm 121

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Dictionary and topics

Poetry — Has been well defined as “the measured language of emotion.” Hebrew poetry deals almost exclusively with the great question of man’s relation to God. “Guilt, condemnation, punishment, pardon,…
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Psalms 121:7

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 121:1–end

John Gill on Psalms 121:7

John Calvin on Psalms 121:6–end

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Psalms 121:7

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 121:1–end

John Gill on Psalms 121:7

John Calvin on Psalms 121:6–end

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Psalms 121:5–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Psalms 121:4-6

Spurgeon's Treasury of David on Psalms 121:7