Psalms 12:7
Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.
In Context
8The wicked walk on every side, when vileness is exalted among the sons of men.
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:9He will keep the feet of his holy ones, but the wicked shall be put to silence 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 helpeth them, and rescueth them: he rescueth them from the wicked, and saveth them, because they have taken refuge in him.
Psalms 121:8The LORD shall keep thy going out and thy coming in, from this time forth and 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 →