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Psalms 12:7
7You, Lord, will keep the needy safe and will protect us forever from the wicked,
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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Therefore, Lord, we know you will protect the oppressed, preserving them forever from this lying generation,
Context of Psalms 12:7
5“Because the poor are plundered and the needy groan, I will now arise,” says the Lord. “I will protect them from those who malign them.” 6And the words of the Lord are flawless, like silver purified in a crucible, like gold refined seven times. You, Lord, will keep the needy safe and will protect us forever from the wicked, 8who freely strut about when what is vile is honored by the human race.
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 16:1Keep me safe, my God, for in you I take refuge.
- Psalms 37:28For the Lord loves the just and will not forsake his faithful ones. Wrongdoers will be completely destroyed; the offspring of the wicked will perish.
- Psalms 121:8the Lord will watch over your coming and going both now and forevermore.
- Psalms 145:20The Lord watches over all who love him, but all the wicked he will destroy.
- Deuteronomy 33:3Surely it is you who love the people; all the holy ones are in your hand. At your feet they all bow down, and from you receive instruction,
- 1 Samuel 2:9He will guard the feet of his faithful servants, but the wicked will be silenced in the place of darkness. “It is not by strength that one prevails;
- Isaiah 27:3I, the Lord, watch over it; I water it continually. I guard it day and night so that no one may harm it.
- 1 Peter 1:5who through faith are shielded by God’s power until the coming of the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time.
- Jude 1:1Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and a brother of James, To those who have been called, who are loved in God the Father and kept for Jesus Christ:
- Psalms 10:18defending the fatherless and the oppressed, so that mere earthly mortals will never again strike terror.
- Matthew 3:7But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to where he was baptizing, he said to them: “You brood 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
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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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