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Psalm 121

Psa. 121:8 KJV (With Strong’s)

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The 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
thyy going out
yatsa' (Hebrew #3318)
to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.
KJV usage: X after, appear, X assuredly, bear out, X begotten, break out, bring forth (out, up), carry out, come (abroad, out, thereat, without), + be condemned, depart(-ing, -ure), draw forth, in the end, escape, exact, fail, fall (out), fetch forth (out), get away (forth, hence, out), (able to, cause to, let) go abroad (forth, on, out), going out, grow, have forth (out), issue out, lay (lie) out, lead out, pluck out, proceed, pull out, put away, be risen, X scarce, send with commandment, shoot forth, spread, spring out, stand out, X still, X surely, take forth (out), at any time, X to (and fro), utter.
Pronounce: yaw-tsaw'
Origin: a primitive root
and thy coming in
bow' (Hebrew #935)
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: abide, apply, attain, X be, befall, + besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, X certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, X doubtless again, + eat, + employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, + follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, + have, X indeed, (in-)vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, X (well) stricken (in age), X surely, take (in), way.
Pronounce: bo
Origin: a primitive root
from this time forth, and even for
`ad (Hebrew #5704)
as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
KJV usage: against, and, as, at, before, by (that), even (to), for(-asmuch as), (hither-)to, + how long, into, as long (much) as, (so) that, till, toward, until, when, while, (+ as) yet.
Pronounce: ad
Origin: properly, the same as 5703 (used as a preposition, adverb or conjunction; especially with a preposition)
evermore
`owlam (Hebrew #5769)
from 5956; properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (especially with prepositional prefix) always
KJV usage: alway(-s), ancient (time), any more, continuance, eternal, (for, (n-))ever(-lasting, -more, of old), lasting, long (time), (of) old (time), perpetual, at any time, (beginning of the) world (+ without end). Compare 5331, 5703.
Pronounce: o-lawm'
Origin: or lolam {o-lawm'}
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Deut. 28:6• 6Blessed shalt thou be in thy coming in, and blessed shalt thou be in thy going out. (Deut. 28:6)
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Prov. 2:8• 8Guarding the paths of just judgment{HR}And keeping the way of his saints. (Prov. 2:8)

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Ministry on This Verse

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thy going out.
Deut. 28:6,19• 6Blessed shalt thou be in thy coming in, and blessed shalt thou be in thy going out.
 19Cursed shalt thou be in thy coming in, and cursed shalt thou be in thy going out. (Deut. 28:6,19)
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2 Sam. 5:2• 2Also in time past, when Saul was king over us, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and Jehovah said to thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be a captain over Israel. (2 Sam. 5:2)
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Ezra 8:21,31• 21I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.
 31And we departed from the river Ahava on the twelfth of the first month, to go to Jerusalem; and the hand of our God was upon us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy, and of such as lay in wait by the way. (Ezra 8:21,31)
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Prov. 2:8• 8Guarding the paths of just judgment{HR}And keeping the way of his saints. (Prov. 2:8)
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Prov. 3:6• 6In all thy ways acknowledge him,{HR}And he shall make straight thy paths. (Prov. 3:6)
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James 4:13‑16• 13Go to now, ye that say, Today or tomorrow we will go to this city here, and spend there a year, and traffic and make gain,
 14whereas ye know not what [will be] the morrow. Of what sort [is] your life? Why, it is a vapour that appeareth for a little and then disappeareth,
 15instead of your saying, If the Lord will, we shall both live and do this or that.
 16But now ye glory in your vauntings; all such glorying is wicked. (James 4:13‑16)
from this time.
Psa. 113:2• 2Blessed be the name of Jehovah{HR}Henceforth and to everlasting. (Psa. 113:2)
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Psa. 115:18• 18But we will bless Jah henceforth and for everlasting.{HR}Praise ye Jah. (Psa. 115:18)
• The Lord keeps us in all circumstances of life, in our “going out” and “coming in.” Finally, the Lord will keep through all time, for evermore. Thus the soul is assured that the Lord is our Keeper from all danger (vs. 3); He is unceasing in His care (vs. 4); He is ever available (vs. 5); He keeps us at all seasons (vs. 6); He keeps from all evil; He keeps the soul as well as the body (vs. 7); He keeps us in all circumstances, and for all time (vs. 8). (“Psalm 121” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Jehovah will keep thy going out and thy coming in, from henceforth and for evermore.

W. Kelly Translation

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Jehovah will keep thy going out,{HR}And thy coming in, henceforth and forever.