Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version You, LORD, will keep the needy safe and will protect us forever from the wicked, New Living Translation Therefore, LORD, we know you will protect the oppressed, preserving them forever from this lying generation, English Standard Version You, O LORD, will keep them; you will guard us from this generation forever. Berean Standard Bible You, O LORD, will keep us; You will forever guard us from this generation. King James Bible Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever. New King James Version You shall keep them, O LORD, You shall preserve them from this generation forever. New American Standard Bible You, LORD, will keep them; You will protect him from this generation forever. NASB 1995 You, O LORD, will keep them; You will preserve him from this generation forever. NASB 1977 Thou, O LORD, wilt keep them; Thou wilt preserve him from this generation forever. Legacy Standard Bible You, O Yahweh, will keep them; You will guard him from this generation forever. Amplified Bible You, O LORD, will preserve and keep them; You will protect him from this [evil] generation forever. Christian Standard Bible You, LORD, will guard us; you will protect us from this generation forever. Holman Christian Standard Bible You, LORD, will guard us; You will protect us from this generation forever. American Standard Version Thou wilt keep them, O Jehovah, Thou wilt preserve them from this generation for ever. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And you, LORD JEHOVAH, will keep them; redeem me and save me, from this generation to eternity. Brenton Septuagint Translation Thou, O Lord, shalt keep us, and shalt preserve us, from this generation, and for ever. Contemporary English Version You will protect us and always keep us safe from those people. Douay-Rheims Bible Thou, O Lord, wilt preserve us.: and keep us from this generation for ever. English Revised Version Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever. GOD'S WORD® Translation O LORD, you will protect them. You will keep each one safe from those people forever. International Standard Version You, LORD, will keep them safe, you will guard them from this generation forever. JPS Tanakh 1917 Thou wilt keep them, O LORD; Thou wilt preserve us from this generation for ever. Literal Standard Version You, O YHWH, preserve them, | You keep us from this generation for all time. Majority Standard Bible You, O LORD, will keep us; You will forever guard us from this generation. New American Bible You, O LORD, protect us always; preserve us from this generation. NET Bible You, LORD, will protect them; you will continually shelter each one from these evil people, New Revised Standard Version You, O LORD, will protect us; you will guard us from this generation forever. New Heart English Bible You, LORD, will protect us. You will guard us from this generation forever. Webster's Bible Translation Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever. World English Bible You will keep them, Yahweh. You will preserve them from this generation forever. Young's Literal Translation Thou, O Jehovah, dost preserve them, Thou keepest us from this generation to the age. Additional Translations ... Context The Godly are No More…6The words of the LORD are flawless, like silver refined in a furnace, like gold purified sevenfold. 7You, O LORD, will keep us; You will forever guard us from this generation. 8The wicked wander freely, and vileness is exalted among men.… Cross References Psalm 5:11 But let all who take refuge in You rejoice; let them ever shout for joy. May You shelter them, that those who love Your name may rejoice in You. Psalm 37:28 For the LORD loves justice and will not forsake His saints. They are preserved forever, but the offspring of the wicked will be cut off. Psalm 97:10 Hate evil, O you who love the LORD! He preserves the souls of His saints; He delivers them from the hand of the wicked. Treasury of Scripture You shall keep them, O LORD, you shall preserve them from this generation for ever. thou shalt Psalm 16:1 Michtam of David. Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust. Psalm 37:28,40 For the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off… Psalm 121:8 The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore. them, Heb. Psalm 10:18 To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress. Matthew 3:7 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come? Jump to Previous Age Forever Generation Guard Keepest Preserve Protect Safe WiltJump to Next Age Forever Generation Guard Keepest Preserve Protect Safe WiltPsalm 12 1. David, destitute of human comfort, craves help of God3. He comforts himself with God's promises, and his judgments on the wicked Verse 7. - Thou shalt keep them, O Lord. God having promised to set the righteous, who are oppressed, in a place of safety (ver. 5), the psalmist is sure that he will keep them and preserve them from the wicked "generation," which has possession of the earth, and bears rule in it, always. It is, no doubt, for the greater consolation and encouragement of these unfortunates that he dwells on the subject, and adds his own assurances to the Divine promise which he has recorded. Man's faith is so weak that, unless promises and assurances are reiterated, they make little impression. Thou shalt preserve them (Hebrew, him) from this generation for ever. The "generation" is that of the worldly men in power at the time, of whom we have heard in Psalm 3:1, 2, 6, 7; Psalm 4:2; Psalm 5:4-6, 9, 10; Psalm 6:8; Psalm 7:1, 2, 9, 13-16; Psalm 10:2-11, 15; Psalm 11:2, 3, 6. "For ever" means "so long as they live." The substitution of "him' for "them" in this clause is an instance of that generalization by which a whole class is summed up in a single individual - " all men" in "man," "all good men" in "the righteous" (צַדִּיק), and the like. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew You,אַתָּֽה־ (’at·tāh-) Pronoun - second person masculine singular Strong's 859: Thou and thee, ye and you O LORD, יְהוָ֥ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel will keep us; תִּשְׁמְרֵ֑ם (tiš·mə·rêm) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | third person masculine plural Strong's 8104: To hedge about, guard, to protect, attend to You will forever guard us תִּצְּרֶ֓נּוּ ׀ (tiṣ·ṣə·ren·nū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | third person masculine singular Strong's 5341: To watch, guard, keep from מִן־ (min-) Preposition Strong's 4480: A part of, from, out of this ז֣וּ (zū) Pronoun - relative Strong's 2098: This, which, who generation. הַדּ֖וֹר (had·dō·wr) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1755: A revolution of time, an age, generation, a dwelling Links Psalm 12:7 NIVPsalm 12:7 NLT Psalm 12:7 ESV Psalm 12:7 NASB Psalm 12:7 KJV Psalm 12:7 BibleApps.com Psalm 12:7 Biblia Paralela Psalm 12:7 Chinese Bible Psalm 12:7 French Bible Psalm 12:7 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 12:7 You will keep them Yahweh (Psalm Ps Psa.) |
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