Psalms 12:7
Thou, Jehovah, wilt keep them, thou wilt preserve them from this generation for ever.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.
In Context
6The words of Jehovah are pure words, silver tried in the furnace of earth, purified seven times.
8The wicked walk about on every side, when vileness is exalted among the children of men.
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:9He keepeth the feet of his saints, but the wicked are silenced in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.
Psalms 16:1{Michtam of David.} Preserve me, O God: for I trust in thee.
Psalms 19:9The fear of Jehovah is clean, enduring for ever; the judgments of Jehovah are truth, they are righteous altogether:
Psalms 37:40And Jehovah will help them and deliver them: he will deliver them from the wicked, and save them; for they trust in him.
Psalms 121:8Jehovah will keep thy going out and thy coming in, from henceforth and for evermore.
Isaiah 27:3I Jehovah keep it, I will water it every moment; lest any harm it, I will keep it night and day.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 12:2-8
Complaints of the Times. 1 Help, Lord ; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men. 2 They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak. 3 The Lord shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things: 4 Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us? 5 For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the Lord ; I will… Read the whole commentary →