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YHWHיְהוָהwill keepיִשְׁמָרyour going outצֵאתְךָand your coming inוּבוֹאֶךָfrom nowמֵעַתָּהand forever.וְעַד עוֹלָם
Psalms 121:8
Study it in the app“YHWH will keep your going out and your coming in from now and forever.”
A pilgrim song: the one who keeps you does not slumberProvidence
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 121:8, 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 keepיִשְׁמָרyishmar
guard
To watch over, protect from all harm.
Where else “yishmar” appears- your going outצֵאתְtset
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “tset” appears- and your coming inבוֹאֶvoe
enter
To go into a place.
Where else “voe” appears- and foreverעוֹלָםolam
forever
Time without end, beyond what a lifetime can see.
Where else “olam” appears
The context
7YHWH will keep you from all evil; he will keep your soul.
8 · This verse (above)