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Psalm 121:8

The LORD will keep your going out and your coming in, from this time forward, and forever more.

6The sun will not harm you by day, nor the moon by night.
7The LORD will keep you from all evil. He will keep your soul.
8The LORD will keep your going out and your coming in, from this time forward, and forever more.
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Notice

Going out and coming in cover the familiar movements of a day, while the promise of YHWH’s keeping stretches beyond every return home.

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Where else Scripture says this

12 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Psalm 37:23A man’s steps are established by the LORD. He delights in his way.Both passages describe a person’s movements under the LORD’s care: he establishes steps and keeps departures and returns.
Deuteronomy 28:6You shall be blessed when you come in, and you shall be blessed when you go out.Both passages name coming in and going out, describing blessing in Deuteronomy and the LORD’s keeping in the psalm.
Proverbs 2:8that he may guard the paths of justice, and preserve the way of his saints.Guarding paths and preserving the way of God’s saints share the psalm’s language of protection through life’s movements.
Proverbs 3:6In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.Both concern God’s care along a person’s way, though Proverbs speaks of straight paths and the psalm of keeping.
Psalm 113:2Blessed be the LORD’s name, from this time forward and forever more.Both extend from the present into forever: Psalm 121 speaks of the LORD’s keeping, and Psalm 113 of blessing his name.
Ezra 8:31Then we departed from the river Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month, to go to Jerusalem. The hand of our God was on us, and he delivered us from the …Ezra recounts God’s protection from enemies during travel to Jerusalem, sharing the psalm’s concern with God’s keeping when people go out.
Psalm 115:18but we will bless the LORD, from this time forward and forever more. Praise the LORD!Both use the span from now to forever, applying it to the LORD’s keeping and his people’s praise.
Psalm 125:2As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the LORD surrounds his people from this time forward and forever more.Both describe the LORD’s enduring protection, with Psalm 125 picturing him surrounding his people like the mountains around Jerusalem.
James 4:13–16Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow let’s go into this city and spend a year there, trade, and make a profit.”The shared thread is travel and time: James describes plans for a year away, while the psalm speaks of enduring keeping.
Ezra 8:21Then I proclaimed a fast there at the river Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before our God, to seek from him a straight way for us, for our little ones, …Ezra seeks God’s help for the road ahead, while the psalm declares the LORD’s keeping over going out and coming in.
2 Samuel 5:2In times past, when Saul was king over us, it was you who led Israel out and in. The LORD said to you, ‘You will be shepherd of my people Israel, and you will …Both name movement out and in: Samuel recalls David leading Israel, while the psalm names the LORD as keeper.
Proverbs 3:23Then you shall walk in your way securely. Your foot won’t stumble.Both describe protection in movement, with Proverbs naming secure walking and the psalm naming the LORD’s keeping through departures and returns.
Where this verse fits

An ordinary day. fear for the future. anxiety or panic.

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One step

Something small to carry out of this verse

Read Psalm 121:8 at your front door before leaving home

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Encouragement

Your movements may feel routine or uncertain. The promise reaches through both: YHWH’s keeping covers your going out and coming in, with no end named.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).