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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• 18And 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. (2 Tim. 4:18)

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Soul; Spirit

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Psa. 91:9‑10• 9Because thou hast made the Lord, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation;
 10There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling. (Psa. 91:9‑10)
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Job 5:19‑27• 19He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.
 20In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from the power of the sword.
 21Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.
 22At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.
 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 tabernacle shall be in peace; and thou shalt visit thy habitation, and shalt not sin.
 25Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, and thine offspring as the grass of the earth.
 26Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season.
 27Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; hear it, and know thou it for thy good. (Job 5:19‑27)
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Prov. 12:21• 21There shall no evil happen to the just: 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 deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen. (Matt. 6:13)
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Rom. 8:28,35‑39• 28And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
 35Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
 36As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
 37Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.
 38For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,
 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• 18And 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. (2 Tim. 4:18)
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Psa. 34:22• 22The Lord redeemeth the soul of his servants: and none of them that trust in him shall be desolate. (Psa. 34:22)
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Psa. 41:2• 2The 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 enemies. (Psa. 41:2)
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Psa. 97:10• 10Ye that love the Lord, 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• 20The Lord preserveth all them that love him: but all the wicked will he destroy. (Psa. 145:20)
• 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)
• 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)

J. N. Darby Translation

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