Psalms 121:7 — Hebrew 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 ···

ℹWords 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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David ChenNote4mo ago

Kept in All Your Ways

God will keep you. Not from difficulty, not from all trouble, but in trouble. He preserves your soul through whatever comes. There's a shift in how I read this as I get older. I used to want it to me...