The LORD will guard you from all evil; He will preserve your soul.
Parallel translations
- WEB Yahweh will keep you from all evil. He will keep your soul.
- KJV The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul.
- NKJV The Lord shall preserve you from all evil; He shall preserve your soul.
- NASB The Lord will protect you from all evil; He will keep your soul.
- NLT The Lord keeps you from all harm and watches over your life.
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Quick answer
Yahweh will keep you from all evil and will keep your soul. God's protection extends to the whole person, body and soul.
Overview
The psalmist broadens the promise: God guards from 'all evil' and preserves the very 'soul.' This is not a guarantee against all hardship but an assurance that nothing can ultimately harm those God keeps. In Christ, believers are kept so that no trial can separate them from God's love.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 11
- 2 Tim 4:18And the Lord will rescue me from every evil action and bring me safely into His heavenly kingdom. To Him be the glory forever and ever. Amen.
- Ps 91:9–12Because you have made the LORD your dwelling—my refuge, the Most High—
- Ps 41:2The LORD will protect and preserve him; He will bless him in the land and refuse to surrender him to the will of his foes.
- Prov 12:21No harm befalls the righteous, but the wicked are filled with trouble.
- Ps 145:20The LORD preserves all who love Him, but all the wicked He will destroy.
- Rom 8:35–39Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?
- Job 5:19–27He will rescue you from six calamities; no harm will touch you in seven.
- Ps 34:22The LORD redeems His servants, and none who take refuge in Him will be condemned.
- Matt 6:13And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.’
- Ps 97:10Hate evil, O you who love the LORD! He preserves the souls of His saints; He delivers them from the hand of the wicked.
- Rom 8:28And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose.
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