Psalms 5:12
For surely You, O LORD, bless the righteous; You surround them with the shield of Your favor.
Majority Standard Bible
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 You, O LORD, are a shield around me, my glory, and the One who lifts my head.
Psalms 29:11The LORD gives His people strength; the LORD blesses His people with peace.
Psalms 32:10Many are the sorrows of the wicked, but loving devotion surrounds him who trusts in the LORD.
Psalms 84:11For the LORD God is a sun and a shield; the LORD gives grace and glory; He withholds no good thing from those who walk with integrity.
Psalms 115:13He will bless those who fear the LORD—small and great alike.
Psalms 119:132Turn to me and show me mercy, as You do to those who love Your 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 →