Psalms 121:7

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יְֽהוָ֗ה יִשְׁמָרְךָ֥ מִכָּל־רָ֑ע יִ֝שְׁמֹ֗ר אֶת־נַפְשֶֽׁךָ

Transliteration

YHWH yišmārkā from all-rāʿ; yišmōr ʾet-your napšekā.

Grammar Details

*YHWH*: proper noun, divine name
*yišmārkā*: imperfect Qal, 3rd person masculine singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - he will keep you
*mikkāl-rāʿ*: preposition min with noun, masculine singular - from all evil
*yišmōr*: imperfect Qal, 3rd person masculine singular - he will keep/guard
*ʾet-napšekā*: direct object marker with noun, feminine singular construct with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your soul/life

Word Meanings

*yišmārkā*: will keep you/will guard you/will protect you
*rāʿ*: evil/harm/calamity/distress
*yišmōr*: will keep/will guard/will protect
*napšekā*: your soul/your life/your self/your being

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Reference numbers can disrupt continuous reading
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Referenced Verses

Ps 41:2 : 2 The LORD will preserve{H8799)} him, and keep him alive{H8762)}; and he shall be blessed{H8795)} upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver{H8799)} him unto the will of his enemies{H8802)}.
Ps 91:9-9 : 9 Because thou hast made{H8804)} the LORD, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation; 10 There shall no evil befall{H8792)} thee, neither shall any plague come nigh{H8799)} thy dwelling. 11 For he shall give his angels charge{H8762)} over thee, to keep{H8800)} thee in all thy ways. 12 They shall bear thee up{H8799)} in their hands, lest thou dash{H8799)} thy foot against a stone.
2 Tim 4:18 : 18 And 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.
Ps 97:10 : 10 Ye that love the LORD, hate evil: he preserveth the souls of his saints; he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked.
Prov 12:21 : 21 There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled with mischief.
Matt 6:13 : 13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
Rom 8:28 : 28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
Ps 145:20 : 20 The LORD preserveth all them that love him: but all the wicked will he destroy.
Job 5:19-27 : 19 He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee. 20 In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from the power of the sword. 21 Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh. 22 At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth. 23 For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field: and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee. 24 And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle shall be in peace; and thou shalt visit thy habitation, and shalt not sin. 25 Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, and thine offspring as the grass of the earth. 26 Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season. 27 Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; hear it, and know thou it for thy good.
Ps 34:22 : 22 The LORD redeemeth the soul of his servants: and none of them that trust in him shall be desolate.
Rom 8:35-39 : 35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? 36 As it is written , For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. 37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. 38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, 39 Nor 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.

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