Psalms 121:7
The Lord will guard thee against all evil: he will guard thy soul.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul.
In Context
6By day the sun shall not strike thee, nor the moon by night.
8The Lord will guard thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth and for evermore.
Cross References
Genesis 28:15And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee whithersoever thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done what I have spoken to thee of.
1 Chronicles 4:10And Ja'bez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldst bless me indeed, and enlarge my boundary, and that thy hand might be with me, and that thou wouldst act for me against the evil, that it may not give me pain! And God granted him what he had asked for.
Psalms 34:22(34:23) The Lord redeemeth the soul of his servants: and all that trust in him shall not incur guiltiness.
Psalms 91:9Because thou hast [said], The Lord is my protection, the Most High hast thou made thy refuge:
Psalms 145:20The Lord preserveth all those who love him; but all the wicked will he destroy.
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 →