Psalms 5:12
For thou will bless the righteous man, O LORD. Thou will encompass him with favor as with a shield. Selah.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
For thou, LORD, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou compass him as with a shield.
In Context
Cross References
Psalms 3:3But thou, O LORD, are a shield about me, my glory and he who lifts up of my head.
Psalms 29:11LORD will give strength to his people. LORD will bless his people with peace.
Psalms 32:10Many sorrows shall be to the wicked, but he who trusts in LORD, loving kindness shall encompass him about.
Psalms 84:11For LORD God is a sun and a shield. LORD will give grace and glory. He will withhold no good thing from those who walk uprightly.
Psalms 115:13He will bless those who fear LORD, both small and great.
Psalms 119:132Turn thee to me, and have mercy upon me, as thou used to do to those who love thy name.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 5:8-12
Delight in Public Worship; Happiness of the Righteous. 7 But as for me, I will come into thy house in the multitude of thy mercy: and in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple. 8 Lead me, O Lord , in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make thy way straight before my face. 9 For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue. 10 Destroy thou them, O God; let them fall by their own counsels; cast them… Read the whole commentary →