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YHWHיְהוָהwill keep youיִשְׁמָרְךָfrom allמִכָּלevil;רָעhe will keepיִשְׁמֹרyour soul.אֶת נַפְשֶׁךָ
Psalms 121:7
Study it in the app“YHWH will keep you from all evil; he will keep your soul.”
A pilgrim song: the one who keeps you does not slumberProvidence
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 121:7, word by word
- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- will keep youיִשְׁמָרְyishmar
guard
To watch over, protect from all harm.
Where else “yishmar” appears- evilרָעra
evil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “ra” appears- your soulנַפְשֶׁnafshe
soul
A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.
Where else “nafshe” appears
The context
6By day the sun will not strike you, nor the moon by night.
7 · This verse (above)
8YHWH will keep your going out and your coming in from now and forever.