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Psalms 12:7
7Yes Lord, you will take care of the poor people. You will always keep each one of them safe from all those evil people.
Psalms 12:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Thou shalt keep them, O Lord, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.
- New International Version (NIV)You, Lord, will keep the needy safe and will protect us forever from the wicked,
- English Standard Version (ESV)You, O Lord, will keep them; you will guard us from this generation forever.
- New King James Version (NKJV)You shall keep them, O Lord, You shall preserve them from this generation forever.
Context of Psalms 12:7
5But the Lord says: ‘Now I will do something! I know the cruel things that wicked people do to poor people. When weak people cry with pain, I hear them. So I will make them safe, as they want me to do for them.’ 6The Lord's promises are true. We can trust them, because they are pure. They are as pure as silver that people have put in a hot fire seven times. Yes Lord, you will take care of the poor people. You will always keep each one of them safe from all those evil people. 8But if people praise evil things, then wicked people will boast more and more.
Read all of Psalms 12Psalms 12:7 word by word
אַתָּֽה־יְהוָ֥ה תִּשְׁמְרֵ֑ם תִּצְּרֶ֓נּוּ׀ מִן־הַדּ֖וֹר ז֣וּ לְעוֹלָֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 12:7
- Psalms 16:1Please keep me safe, God, because I come to you for help.
- Psalms 37:28The Lord loves justice. He will never leave those who serve him. He will take care of them for ever, but he will remove the children of wicked people.
- Psalms 121:8Whatever you do and wherever you go, the Lord will always keep you safe, now and for ever.
- Psalms 145:20Whoever loves the Lord, he keeps safe. But he destroys wicked people.
- Deuteronomy 33:3Yes, the Lord loves his people. He takes care of all his holy people. They sit near to him and they listen to his teaching.
- 1 Samuel 2:9He takes care of his faithful people. But he puts wicked people in a dark place where they can do nothing. It is not a person's own strength that makes him great.
- Isaiah 27:3I, the Lord, keep it safe. I will continue to put water on it. I will guard it night and day, so that nobody can hurt it.
- 1 Peter 1:5God is using his great power to keep you safe, because you trust him. He will continue to keep you safe until the last day, when Christ will return. Then you will know that God has saved you completely from sin and from death.
- Jude 1:1This letter is from me, Jude. I am Jesus Christ's servant and I am James's brother. I am writing to you people that God, the Father, loves. God has chosen you to be his own people. He is keeping you safe until the time when Jesus Christ returns.
- Psalms 10:18You stand beside those who have no father, and those who are poor and weak. As a result, they will no longer be afraid. No human on the earth can frighten them.
- Matthew 3:7Many Pharisees and Sadducees came to John. They wanted John to baptize them. He said to them, ‘You are like dangerous snakes. God is angry. You are trying to run away from him. But he will soon punish people like you.
Commentaries on Psalms 12:7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7Thou shalt keep them - thou shalt preserve them - Instead of the pronoun them in these clauses, several MSS., with the Septuagint, the Vulgate, and the Arabic, have us. The sense is equally good in both readings. God did bring forth the Israelites from Babylon, according to his word; he separated them from that generation. and reinstated them in their own land, according to his word; and most certainly he has preserved them from generation to generation…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7“Thou shalt keep them That is, the persons referred to in Psalm 12:5 - the poor and the needy who were suffering from the wrongs inflicted on them. The idea is, that God would guard and defend them. They were safe in his hands. Compare Psalm 37:3-7. From this generation - This generation, or this race of detractors, flatterers, and oppressors. The idea is, that that entire generation was eminently wicked, and that none but God could deliver the poor and…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7-8Those who follow God know that he cares, even when the wicked oppress them. God sees the corrupt and foolish people who praise those who do evil (see Psalms 9:19–20; 14:2–6).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. them--(Margin.)Read the comment
In the dictionaries
Commentaries on Psalms 12
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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