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Psalms 121:7 — King James Version← Study notes

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


Psalms 121:7Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 121:77 words
HebrewMeaning
יְֽהוָ֗הyəhwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
יִשְׁמָרְ/ךָ֥yišəmārəkā
he will protect youverbH8104
be circumspect · take heed · keep(-er · self) ···
מִ/כָּלmikāl
from allpronH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
רָ֑עrāʿ
harmadjH7451
affliction · bad · calamity · displease ···
יִ֝שְׁמֹ֗רyišəmōr
he will protectverbH8104
be circumspect · take heed · keep(-er · self) ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
נַפְשֶֽׁ/ךָnapəšekā
life yournounH5315
appetite · beast · body · breath ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 121
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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