The Lord will protect you from all evil; He will keep 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.
- BSB The LORD will guard you from all evil; He will preserve your soul.
- NKJV The Lord shall preserve you from all evil; He shall preserve 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 deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve me for his heavenly Kingdom; to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.
- Ps 91:9–12Because you have made Yahweh your refuge, and the Most High your dwelling place,
- Ps 41:2Yahweh will preserve him, and keep him alive. He shall be blessed on the earth, and he will not surrender him to the will of his enemies.
- Prov 12:21No mischief shall happen to the righteous, but the wicked shall be filled with evil.
- Ps 145:20Yahweh preserves all those who love him, but all the wicked he will destroy.
- Rom 8:35–39Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Could oppression, or anguish, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
- Job 5:19–27He will deliver you in six troubles; yes, in seven no evil shall touch you.
- Ps 34:22Yahweh redeems the soul of his servants. None of those who take refuge in him shall be condemned.
- Matt 6:13Bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. For yours is the Kingdom, the power, and the glory forever. Amen.’
- Ps 97:10You who love Yahweh, hate evil. He preserves the souls of his saints. He delivers them out of the hand of the wicked.
- Rom 8:28We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose.
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The Psalms are Christ's own prayer book and a gallery of his portraits — the suffering one of Psalm 22, the risen Lord of Psalm 16, the priest-king of Psalm 110, the Son to whom the nations are given.
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