Psalms 12:7
You will keep us, Lord, and guard us from this generation forever,
Open English Bible (US)
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 words that are pure, silver smelted, seven times refined.
8in a world where the wicked prowl, and the worthless are exalted.
Cross References
Psalms 16:1Keep me, O God, for in you I take refuge.
Psalms 19:9Respect for the Lord is clean, it endures forever. The Lord’s judgments are true and right altogether.
Psalms 37:40the Lord helps and rescue them, from the wicked he rescues and saves them, because they take refuge in him.
Psalms 121:8The Lord will guard your going and coming from now and for evermore.
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 →