King James Version
Psalms 121:7 in the King James Version says “The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 121 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul.”
Psalms 121:7 · KJV
The LORD is thy keeper: the LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand.
The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.
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 Study — Public Domain
“he shall preserve”
H8104properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e., guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“he shall preserve”
H8104properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e., guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“thy soul”
H5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e., animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or ment
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