Psalms 5:12
For you give your blessing, Lord, to the godly, and the shield of your favor protects them.
Open English Bible (US)
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, Lord, are shield about me, my glory, who lifts up my head.
Psalms 29:11The Lord gives strength to his people, he blesses his people with peace.
Psalms 32:10The godless have many sorrows, but those who trust in the Lord will be compassed about by his kindness.
Psalms 84:11for the Lord is sun and shield, the Lord gives grace and glory. He withholds no good thing from the life that is blameless.
Psalms 115:13He will bless those who revere the Lord, the small and the great together.
Psalms 119:132Turn to me with your favor, as is just to those who love you.
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 →