New English Translation
Psalms 12:7
7You, Lord, will protect them; you will continually shelter each one from these 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
5“Because of the violence done to the oppressed, because of the painful cries of the needy, I will spring into action,” says the Lord. “I will provide the safety they so desperately desire.” 6The Lord’s words are absolutely reliable. They are as untainted as silver purified in a furnace on the ground, where it is thoroughly refined. You, Lord, will protect them; you will continually shelter each one from these evil people, 8for the wicked seem to be everywhere, when people promote evil.
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 16:1Protect me, O God, for I have taken shelter in you.
- Psalms 37:28For the Lord promotes justice, and never abandons his faithful followers. They are permanently secure, but the children of evil men are wiped out.
- Psalms 121:8The Lord will protect you in all you do, now and forevermore.
- Psalms 145:20The Lord protects those who love him, but he destroys all the wicked.
- Deuteronomy 33:3Surely he loves the people; all your holy ones are in your power. And they sit at your feet, each receiving your words.
- 1 Samuel 2:9He watches over his holy ones, but the wicked are made speechless in the darkness, for it is not by one’s own strength that one prevails.
- Isaiah 27:3I, the Lord, protect it; I water it regularly. I guard it night and day, so no one can harm it.
- 1 Peter 1:5who by God’s power are protected through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
- Jude 1:1From Jude, a slave of Jesus Christ and brother of James, to those who are called, wrapped in the love of God the Father and kept for Jesus Christ.
- Psalms 10:18You defend the fatherless and oppressed, so that mere mortals may no longer terrorize them.
- Matthew 3:7But when he saw many Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, “You offspring of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?
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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