For some time, while Saul was king over us, it was you who led out Israel and brought it in. The Lord said to you, ‘It is you who shall be shepherd of my people Israel, you who shall be ruler over Israel.’ ”
Psalm 121:8 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 The Lord will keep your going out and your coming in from this time on and forevermore. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in From this time forth, and even for evermore. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The Lord will keep your going out and your coming in from this time forth and forevermore. [Deut. 28:6; Prov. 2:8; 3:6.] American Standard Version (1901) Jehovah will keep thy going out and thy coming in From this time forth and for evermore. Common English Bible The LORD will protect you on your journeys— whether going or coming— from now until forever from now. Catholic Public Domain Version For the sake of my brothers and my neighbors, I spoke peace about you. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For the sake of my brethren, and of my neighbours, I spoke peace of thee. |
For some time, while Saul was king over us, it was you who led out Israel and brought it in. The Lord said to you, ‘It is you who shall be shepherd of my people Israel, you who shall be ruler over Israel.’ ”
Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the River Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before our God, to seek from him a safe journey for ourselves, our children, and all our possessions.
Then we left the River Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month to go to Jerusalem; the hand of our God was upon us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy and from ambushes along the way.
But we will bless the Lord from this time on and forevermore. Praise the Lord!
As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the Lord surrounds his people from this time on and forevermore.
guarding the paths of justice and preserving the way of his faithful ones.
“Cursed shall you be when you come in, and cursed shall you be when you go out.
“Blessed shall you be when you come in, and blessed shall you be when you go out.