Psalms 5:12
(5:13) For thou wilt bless the righteous, O Lord; as with a shield wilt thou encompass him with favor.
Leeser Tanakh
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 3:3(3:4) But thou, O Lord, art a shield around me, my glory, and he that lifteth up my head.
Psalms 29:11The Lord will give strength unto his people: the Lord will bless his people with peace.
Psalms 32:10Many are the pains of the wicked; but him that trusteth in the Lord will he encompass with kindness.
Psalms 84:11(84:12) For a sun and shield is the Lord God; grace and glory will the Lord give; he will not withhold any good from those that walk with integrity.
Psalms 115:13He will bless those that fear the Lord, the small together with the great.
Psalms 119:132Turn thou unto me, and be gracious unto me, as is thy wont 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 →