Psalms 5:12
For thou, Jehovah, wilt bless the righteous [man]; with favour wilt thou surround him as [with] a shield.
Darby Translation
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, Jehovah, art a shield about me; my glory, and the lifter up of my head.
Psalms 29:11Jehovah will give strength unto his people; Jehovah will bless his people with peace.
Psalms 32:10Many sorrows hath the wicked; but he that confideth in Jehovah, loving-kindness shall encompass him.
Psalms 84:11For Jehovah Elohim is a sun and shield: Jehovah will give grace and glory; no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
Psalms 115:13He will bless them that fear Jehovah, both the small and the great.
Psalms 119:132Turn unto me, and be gracious unto me, as thou art wont to do unto those that 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 →