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Psalm 121

Psa. 121:7 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Thex Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
shall preserve
shamar (Hebrew #8104)
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
KJV usage: beward, be circumspect, take heed (to self), keep(-er, self), mark, look narrowly, observe, preserve, regard, reserve, save (self), sure, (that lay) wait (for), watch(-man).
Pronounce: shaw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
thee from all evil
ra` (Hebrew #7451)
bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
KJV usage: adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, + displease(-ure), distress, evil((- favouredness), man, thing), + exceedingly, X great, grief(-vous), harm, heavy, hurt(-ful), ill (favoured), + mark, mischief(-vous), misery, naught(-ty), noisome, + not please, sad(-ly), sore, sorrow, trouble, vex, wicked(-ly, -ness, one), worse(-st), wretchedness, wrong. (Incl. feminine raaah; as adjective or noun.).
Pronounce: rah
Origin: from 7489
: he shall preserve
shamar (Hebrew #8104)
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
KJV usage: beward, be circumspect, take heed (to self), keep(-er, self), mark, look narrowly, observe, preserve, regard, reserve, save (self), sure, (that lay) wait (for), watch(-man).
Pronounce: shaw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
thy soul
nephesh (Hebrew #5315)
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
KJV usage: any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, X dead(-ly), desire, X (dis-)contented, X fish, ghost, + greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, X jeopardy of) life (X in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-)self, them (your)-selves, + slay, soul, + tablet, they, thing, (X she) will, X would have it.
Pronounce: neh'-fesh
Origin: from 5314
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2 Tim. 4:18• 18The Lord shall deliver me from every wicked work, and shall preserve me for his heavenly kingdom; to whom be glory for the ages of ages. Amen. (2 Tim. 4:18)

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Psa. 91:9‑10• 9Because *thou* hast made Jehovah, my refuge, the Most High, thy dwelling-place,
 10There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy tent. (Psa. 91:9‑10)
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Job 5:19‑27• 19He will deliver thee in six troubles, and in seven there shall no evil touch thee.
 20In famine he will redeem thee from death, and in war from the power of the sword.
 21Thou shalt be hidden from the scourge of the tongue; and thou shalt not be afraid of destruction when it cometh.
 22At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh, and of the beasts of the earth thou shalt not be afraid.
 23For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field, and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.
 24And thou shalt know that thy tent is in peace; and thou wilt survey thy fold, and miss nothing.
 25And thou shalt know that thy seed is numerous, and thine offspring as the herb of the earth.
 26Thou shalt come to the grave in a ripe age, as a shock of corn is brought in in its season.
 27Behold this, we have searched it out, so it is; hear it, and know thou it for thyself. (Job 5:19‑27)
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Prov. 12:21• 21There shall no evil happen to a righteous man; but the wicked shall be filled with mischief. (Prov. 12:21)
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Matt. 6:13• 13and lead us not into temptation, but save us from evil. (Matt. 6:13)
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Rom. 8:28,35‑39• 28But we *do* know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to purpose.
 35Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? tribulation or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword?
 36According as it is written, For thy sake we are put to death all the day long; we have been reckoned as sheep for slaughter.
 37But in all these things we more than conquer through him that has loved us.
 38For I am persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers,
 39nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. (Rom. 8:28,35‑39)
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2 Tim. 4:18• 18The Lord shall deliver me from every wicked work, and shall preserve me for his heavenly kingdom; to whom be glory for the ages of ages. Amen. (2 Tim. 4:18)
he shall.
Psa. 34:22• 22Jehovah redeemeth the soul of his servants; and none of them that trust in him shall bear guilt. (Psa. 34:22)
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Psa. 41:2• 2Jehovah will preserve him, and keep him alive; he shall be made happy in the land; and thou wilt not deliver him to the will of his enemies. (Psa. 41:2)
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Psa. 97:10• 10Ye that love Jehovah, hate evil: he preserveth the souls of his saints, he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked. (Psa. 97:10)
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Psa. 145:20• 20Jehovah keepeth all that love him, and all the wicked will he destroy. (Psa. 145:20)
• The Lord is a Keeper from “all evil.” We see but a few of the evils that beset our path. The Lord sees and keeps us “from all evil.” (“Psalms 121” by H. Smith)
• Not only does the Lord keep the body, but He keeps the soul. He holds our souls in the positive good of life. (“Psalms 121” by H. Smith)
• God withdraws not His eyes from the righteous now; but we do not look in result to be kept for earth, as the Jew rightly will in the path of faithfulness. Yet our Father does watch over us with unceasing vigilance. We may be at peace under the shadow of His wings. Our instruction is, in the midst of every evil, to look only to the Lord. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 120-131” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Jehovah will keep thee from all evil; he will keep thy soul.