Psalms 12:7
Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.
King James Version
In Context
6The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.
8The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:9He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.
Psalms 16:1Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust.
Psalms 19:9The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the LORD are true and righteous altogether.
Psalms 37:40And the LORD shall help them and deliver them: he shall deliver them from the wicked, and save them, because they trust in him.
Psalms 121:8The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.
Isaiah 27:3I the LORD do keep it; I will water it every moment: lest any hurt it, I will keep it night and day.
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 →