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Your Whole Life is Covered
Commentators explain that the phrase "your going out and your coming in" is a Hebrew expression for the entirety of a person's life. It covers every activity, from daily business and travel to the major journeys of life. God's promise of protection isn't limited to specific moments of danger but extends to every part of your existence.
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Albert Barnes
On Psalms 121:8
18th Century
Theologian
The Lord shall preserve thou going out and thy coming in – He will preserve you in your going out and your coming in; in going from…
Charles Ellicott
On Psalms 121:8
19th Century
Bishop
Thy going out and thy coming in. — A common Hebrew expression to denote the whole of life (See Deuteronomy 28:6 and following; com…
Charles Spurgeon
On Psalm 121:8
19th Century
Preacher
The LORD shall preserve your going out and your coming in –
Your early days of youth, when you are going out into life; and your com…
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John Calvin
On Psalms 121:8
16th Century
Theologian
Jehovah will keep thy going out and thy coming in. The sense is, whatever you undertake or engage in during your life will come to a happy…
John Gill
On Psalms 121:8
17th Century
Pastor
The Lord shall preserve your going out, and your coming in. In transacting all the business of life, in going in and out about it; …
Matthew Henry
On Psalms 121:1–8
17th Century
Minister
We must not rely upon people and means, instruments and second causes. Shall I depend upon the strength of the hills? Upon princes and great people…