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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 will deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve for his heavenly kingdom; to whom [be] the glory unto the ages of the ages. Amen. (2 Tim. 4:18)

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Soul; Spirit

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Ministry on This Verse

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Psa. 91:9‑10• 9Because {i}thou{/i} hast made Jehovah, my refuge,{HR}The Most High, thy habitation,
 10No evil shall befall thee,{HR}And no plague shall draw near thy tent. (Psa. 91:9‑10)
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Job 5:19‑27• 19In six troubles he will deliver thee,{HR}And in seven no evil shall befall thee.
 20In famine he hath redeemed thee from death,{HR}And in war from the hand of the sword.
 21In the scourge of the tongue thou art hidden,{HR}And fearest not destruction when it cometh;
 22At destruction and at famine thou shalt laugh,{HR}And thou shalt not be afraid before beasts of the earth.
 23For with the stones of the field is thy covenant,{HR}And the wild beasts of the field are at peace with thee.
 24And thou knowest that thy tabernacle [is] peace,{HR}And thou shalt oversee thy place and miss nothing.
 25And thou shalt know that thy seed [is] great,{HR}And thine offspring as the green herb of the earth.
 26Thou shalt go to the grave in a full age,{HR}As the heap of sheaves mounteth up in its season.
 27Lo, this we have searched out; so it [is];{HR}Hear it and mark [it] well for thyself. (Job 5:19‑27)
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Prov. 12:21• 21No evil shall happen to the righteous;{HR}But the wicked shall be filled with mischief. (Prov. 12:21)
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Matt. 6:13• 13{i}and lead us not into temptation, but save us from evil.{/i} (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 that love God, to those that are called according to purpose.
 35who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Tribulation, or anguish, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword?
 36according as it is written, “For thy sake are we being put to death all the day long, we have been reckoned as sheep of slaughter.”
 37But in all these things we more than overcome by him that 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 that [is] in Christ Jesus our Lord. (Rom. 8:28,35‑39)
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2 Tim. 4:18• 18The Lord will deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve for his heavenly kingdom; to whom [be] the glory unto the ages of the ages. Amen. (2 Tim. 4:18)
he shall.
Psa. 34:22• 22Jehovah redeemeth the soul of his servants,{HR}And all those who trust in him shall not incur guilt. (Psa. 34:22)
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Psa. 41:2• 2Jehovah will preserve him and keep him alive:{HR}He shall be prospered in the land;{HR}And do not thou give him up to the will of his enemies. (Psa. 41:2)
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Psa. 97:10• 10Lovers of Jehovah, hate evil!{HR}He keepeth the souls of his saints (pious ones),{HR}From the hand of the wicked ones he delivereth them. (Psa. 97:10)
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Psa. 145:20• 20Jehovah keepeth all that love him,{HR}And all the wicked he will 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.” (“Psalm 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. (“Psalm 121” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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

W. Kelly Translation

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Jehovah will keep thee from all evil,{HR}He will keep thy soul.