Tree of Life Version
Psalms 12:7
7The words of Adonai are pure words— like silver refined in an earthly crucible, purified seven times.
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
5They say: “With our tongue we’ll prevail. We own our lips—who can master us?” 6“Because of the oppression of the poor, because of the groaning of the needy, now will I arise,” says Adonai. “I will put him in the safe place— he pants for it.” The words of Adonai are pure words— like silver refined in an earthly crucible, purified seven times. 8You will keep us safe, Adonai. You will protect us from this generation forever. 9The wicked strut all around, while vileness is exalted by mankind.
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 16:1A Michtam of David. Keep me safe, O God, for in You I have found shelter.
- Psalms 37:28For Adonai loves justice and does not abandon His godly ones. They will be preserved forever, but the seed of the wicked will be cut off.
- Psalms 121:8Adonai will watch over your coming and your going from this time forth and forevermore.
- Psalms 145:20Adonai watches over all who love Him, but all the wicked He will destroy.
- Deuteronomy 33:3Indeed, a lover of peoples is He— all His kedoshim are in His hand. They followed in Your steps, each receiving Your words.
- 1 Samuel 2:9He guards the steps of His godly ones, but the wicked are silenced in darkness. For one does not prevail by might.
- Isaiah 27:3I, Adonai, watch over it, I water it every moment. I guard it day and night, so that no one may harm it.
- 1 Peter 1:5By trusting, you are being protected by God’s power for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
- Jude 1:1Judah, a slave of Yeshua the Messiah and brother of Jacob, To those who are called, who are loved in God the Father, and kept safe for Yeshua the Messiah:
- Psalms 10:18You vindicate the orphan and oppressed, so that man, who is earthly, may terrify no more.
- Matthew 3:7But when he saw many Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his immersion, 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
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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