Psalms 12:7
Thou, O LORD! will watch over them; Thou wilt preserve them from this generation for ever.
Noyes Bible
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 the LORD are pure; Like silver purified in a furnace on the earth, Seven times refined.
8The wicked walk on every side, When the vilest of men are exalted.
Cross References
Psalms 16:1“A psalm off David.” Preserve me, O God! for to thee do I look for help.
Psalms 19:9The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for ever; The judgments of the LORD are true and righteous altogether.
Psalms 37:40The LORD will help and deliver them; He will deliver them from their enemies, and save them, Because they trust in him.
Psalms 121:8The LORD will preserve thee, when thou goest out and when thou comest in, From this time forth for ever.
Isaiah 27:3“I, Jehovah, am its guardian; I will water it every moment; That no one may assault it, I will watch it day and night.
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 →