Psalms 121:8
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
The LORD shall preserve your going out and your coming in from this time forth, and even for ever more.
American King James Version (AKJV)
The LORD shall preserve your going out and your coming in from this time forth, and even for ever more.
American Standard Version (ASV)
Jehovah will keep thy going out and thy coming in From this time forth and for evermore.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
The Lord will keep watch over your going out and your coming in, from this time and for ever.
Webster's Revision
The LORD will preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for ever.
World English Bible
Yahweh will keep your going out and your coming in, from this time forth, and forevermore. A Song of Ascents. By David.
English Revised Version (ERV)
The LORD shall keep thy going out and thy coming in, from this time forth and for evermore.
Clarke's Psalms 121:8 Bible Commentary
Thy going out and thy coming in - Night and day - in all thy business and undertakings; and this through the whole course of thy life: for evermore.
Barnes's Psalms 121:8 Bible Commentary
The Lord shall preserve thou going out and thy coming in - Preserve thee in going out and coming in; in going from thy dwelling, and returning to it; in going from home and coming back; that is, everywhere, and at all times. Compare Deuteronomy 28:6. See the notes also at Job 5:24. "From this time forth, and even forevermore." Through this life and for ever. This is the gracious assurance which is made to all who put their trust in God. At home and abroad; in the house, in the field, and by the way; on the land and on the ocean; in their native country and in climes remote; on earth, in the grave, and in the eternal world, they are always safe. No evil that will endanger their salvation can befal them; nothing can happen to them here but what God shall see to be conducive to their ultimate good; and in the heavenly world they shall be safe forever from every kind of evil, for in that world there will be no sin, and consequently no need of discipline to prepare them for the future.
"In foreign realms, and lands remote,
Supported by thy care,
Through burning climes they pass unhurt,
And breathe in tainted air.
When by the dreadful tempest borne,
High on the broken wave,
They know thou art not slow to hear,
Nor impotent to save.
The storm is laid - the winds retire,
Obedient to thy will;
The sea that roars at thy command,
At thy command is still.
In midst of dangers, fears, and death,
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