Psalms 5:12
For thou, O LORD! dost bless the righteous; With favor dost thou encompass him, as with a shield.
Noyes 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 thou, O LORD! art my shield, My glory, and the lifter-up of my head.
Psalms 29:11Jehovah will give strength to his people; Jehovah will bless his people with peace.
Psalms 32:10The wicked hath many sorrows; But he that trusteth in the LORD is encompassed with mercies.
Psalms 84:11For the LORD God is a sun and a shield; The LORD giveth grace and glory; No good thing doth he withhold From them that walk uprightly.
Psalms 115:13He will bless them that fear the LORD, both small and great.
Psalms 119:132Look thou upon me, and be gracious to me, As is just to those who 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 →