Psalms 121:7

121:7 The Lord will protect you from all harm;

he will protect your life.

Proverbs 12:21

12:21 The righteous do not encounter 1  any harm, 2 

but the wicked are filled with calamity. 3 

Romans 8:25

8:25 But if we hope for what we do not see, we eagerly wait for it with endurance. 4 

1 tn Heb “is not allowed to meet to the righteous.”

2 tn Heb “all calamity.” The proper nuance of אָוֶן (’aven) is debated. It is normally understood metonymically (effect) as “harm; trouble,” that is, the result/effect of wickedness (e.g., Gen 50:20). Rashi, a Jewish scholar who lived a.d. 1040-1105, took it as “wickedness,” its primary meaning; “the righteous will not be caught up in wickedness.”

3 tn The expression רָע מָלְאוּ (malÿ’u ra’, “to be full of evil”) means (1) the wicked do much evil or (2) the wicked experience much calamity (cf. NAB, NIV, NRSV, NLT).

4 tn Or “perseverance.”