Psalms 121:8

121:7 The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul.

The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.

KJV

Yahweh will keep your going out and your coming in, from this time forward, and forever more.

The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.

The LORD shall preserve your going out and your coming in from this time forth, and even for ever more.

What does Psalms 121:8 mean?

Psalms 121:8 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include יְהֹוָה (Yᵉhôvâh), שָׁמַר (shâmar), יָצָא (yâtsâʼ).

Hebrew interlinear

The

LORDיְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâh/yeh-ho-vaw'/H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

shall

preserveשָׁמַרshâmar/shaw-mar'/H8104properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.

thy

going

outיָצָאyâtsâʼ/yaw-tsaw'/H3318to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.

and

thy

coming

inבּוֹאbôwʼ/bo/H935to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

from

this

time

forth,

and

even

forעַדʻad/ad/H5704as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)

evermore.עוֹלָםʻôwlâm/o-lawm'/H5769properly, 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

Topics

Protection Psalms

Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 121:8.

2 Chronicles 20:21

And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed singers unto the LORD, and that should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army, and to say, Praise the LORD; for his mercy endureth for ever. that: Heb. praisers

Nehemiah 9:5

Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabniah, Sherebiah, Hodijah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said, Stand up and bless the LORD your God for ever and ever: and blessed be thy glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise.

Nehemiah 9:7

Thou art the LORD the God, who didst choose Abram, and broughtest him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gavest him the name of Abraham;

Psalms 18:50

Great deliverance giveth he to his king; and sheweth mercy to his anointed, to David, and to his seed for evermore.

Frequently asked questions

What does Psalms 121:8 say?

Psalms 121:8 (King James Version) reads: "The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore."

Is Psalms 121:8 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 121:8 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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