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Posted by Psalms on Wednesday, 27 June 2012
Psalms 121:7
The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul.
121:7. The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil. It is a great pity that our admirable translation did not keep the word “keep” all through the psalm, for all along it is one. God not only keeps his own in all evil times but from evil influences and operations, indeed from evils themselves. The wings of Jehovah amply guard his own from evils great and small, temporary and eternal. There is a most delightful double personality in this verse: Jehovah keeps the believer, not by agents, but by himself; and the person protected is definitely pointed out by the word thee—it is not our estate or name which is shielded, but the proper person. To make this even more intensely real and personal another sentence is added, The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul, or Jehovah will keep thy soul. Soulkeeping is the soul of keeping. If the soul be kept all is kept. Our soul is kept from the dominion of sin, the infection of error, the crush of despondency, the puffing up of pride; kept from the world, the flesh, and the devil; kept for holier and greater things; kept in the love of God; kept unto the eternal kingdom and glory. What can harm a soul that is kept of the Lord?
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