# Psalms 121.7-8 **Book:** [Psalms](/codex/psalms/) · ASV / WEB / KJV / YLT ## Immediate context (±2 verses) **ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/)) > 5. Jehovah is thy keeper: Jehovah is thy shade upon thy right hand. 6. The sun shall not smite thee by day, Nor the moon by night. > > **7. Jehovah will keep thee from all evil; He will keep thy soul. 8. Jehovah will keep thy going out and thy coming in From this time forth and for evermore.** (Psalms 121:5-8, ASV) **WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/)) > 5. Yahweh is your keeper. Yahweh is your shade on your right hand. 6. The sun will not harm you by day, nor the moon by night. > > **7. Yahweh will keep you from all evil. He will keep your soul. 8. Yahweh will keep your going out and your coming in, from this time forward, and forever more.** (Psalms 121:5-8, WEB) **KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/)) > 5. The LORD is thy keeper: the LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand. 6. The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night. > > **7. The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. 8. The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.** (Psalms 121:5-8, KJV) **YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/)) > 5. Jehovah [is] thy preserver, Jehovah [is] thy shade on thy right hand, 6. By day the sun doth not smite thee, Nor the moon by night. > > **7. Jehovah preserveth thee from all evil, He doth preserve thy soul. 8. Jehovah preserveth thy going out and thy coming in, From henceforth even unto the age!** (Psalms 121:5-8, YLT) ## Setting - **Speaker:** various (David majority; Asaph, Korah, Moses, Solomon, anonymous) - **Audience:** worshipping Israel (corporate + individual devotion) - **Location:** Israel, various periods - **Time period:** composition spans c. 1400 BC (Moses, Ps 90), c. 400 BC; principal Davidic composition c. 1000 BC ## Theological reading ## Key words - [H3068 - YHWH](/codex/h3068-yhwh/), *YHWH* (Strong's H3068). Also appears in: [Genesis 2.4](/codex/genesis-2-4/), [Genesis 2.7](/codex/genesis-2-7/), [Genesis 2.16-17](/codex/genesis-2-16-17/). - [H5315 - nephesh](/codex/h5315-nephesh/), *nephesh* (Strong's H5315). Also appears in: [Genesis 1.21](/codex/genesis-1-21/), [Genesis 1.24-28](/codex/genesis-1-24-28/), [Genesis 2.7](/codex/genesis-2-7/). - [H5769 - olam](/codex/h5769-olam/), *olam* (Strong's H5769). Also appears in: [Genesis 3](/codex/genesis-3/), [Genesis 6](/codex/genesis-6/), [Genesis 6.4](/codex/genesis-6-4/). ## Why these four translations ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance. The four: - **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition. - **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English. - **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base. - **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff. See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses. ## Quoted in **Concepts:** - [Verses on Gods Goodness and Human Worth](/codex/verses-on-gods-goodness-and-human-worth/)