Psalms 121:7
With them that hate peace I was peaceable: when I spoke to them they fought against me without cause.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul.
In Context
6my soul hath been long a sojourner.
Cross References
Genesis 28:15And I will be thy keeper whithersoever thou goest, and will bring thee back into this land: neither will I leave thee, till I shall have accomplished all that I have said.
1 Chronicles 4:10And Jabes called upon the God of Israel, saying: If blessing thou wilt bless me, and wilt enlarge my borders, and thy hand be with me, and thou save me from being oppressed by evil. And God granted him the things he prayed for.
Psalms 34:22The death of the wicked is very evil: and they that hate the just shall be guilty.
Psalms 91:9Because thou, O Lord, art my hope: thou hast made the most High thy refuge.
Matthew 6:13And lead us not into temptation. But deliver us from evil. Amen.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 121:2-8
Confidence in God. 1 I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. 2 My help cometh from the Lord , which made heaven and earth. 3 He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber. 4 Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. 5 The Lord is thy keeper: the Lord is thy shade upon thy right hand. 6 The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night. 7 The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. 8 The Lord… Read the whole commentary →