“The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul.”
The LORD will keep you from all evil; he will keep your soul. The all-encompassing promise ('keep you from all evil,' 'keep your soul') suggests total protection. This verse reiterates comprehensive care.
Church Fathers on Psalms 121:7
1. ...Let them “lift up their eyes to the hills whence comes their help” Psalm 120:1. What means, The hills have been lightened? The Sun of righteousness has already risen, the Gospel has been already preached by the Apostles, the Scriptures have been preached, all the mysteries have been laid open, the veil has been rent, the secret place of the temple has been revealed: let them now at length lift their eyes up to the hills, whence their help comes...“Of His fullness have…
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