Psalms 121:7
5 The LORD is your keeper; the LORD is the shade on your right hand.
6 The sun will not strike you by day, nor the moon by night.
The LORD will guard you from all evil; He will preserve your soul.
8 The LORD will watch over your coming and going, both now and forevermore.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- The LORD will guard you from all evil; He will preserve your soul.
- KJV
- The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul.
- WEB
- The LORD will keep you from all evil. He will keep your soul.
- ASV
- Jehovah will keep thee from all evil; He will keep thy soul.
- DARBY
- Jehovah will keep thee from all evil; he will keep thy soul.
- BLB
- YHWH will guard you from all evil; He will guard your soul.
- ÅB
- Herren skal bevare deg fra alt ondt, han skal bevare din sjel.
- OTB
- Herren vil beskytte deg fra all skade;
Han vil bevare din sjel. - B1930
- Herren skal bevare dig fra alt ondt, han skal bevare din sjel.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
2 Timothy 4:18
And the Lord will rescue me from every evil action and bring me safely into His heavenly kingdom. To Him be the glory forever and ever. Amen.
Read in contextPsalms 91:9–12
Because you have made the LORD your dwelling— my refuge, the Most High—
Read in contextPsalms 41:2
The LORD will protect and preserve him; He will bless him in the land and refuse to surrender him to the will of his foes.
Read in contextProverbs 12:21
No harm befalls the righteous, but the wicked are filled with trouble.
Read in contextPsalms 145:20
The LORD preserves all who love Him, but all the wicked He will destroy.
Read in contextJob 5:19–27
He will rescue you from six calamities; no harm will touch you in seven.
Read in contextPsalms 34:22
The LORD redeems His servants, and none who take refuge in Him will be condemned.
Read in contextRomans 8:35–39
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?
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