Psalms 5:12
For thou wilt bless the righteous; O LORD, thou wilt compass him with favour as with a shield.
Revised Version 1895
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 a shield about me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head.
Psalms 29:11The LORD will give strength unto his people; the LORD will bless his people with peace.
Psalms 32:10Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the LORD, mercy shall compass him about.
Psalms 84:11For the LORD God is a sun and a shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
Psalms 115:13He will bless them that fear the LORD, both small and great.
Psalms 119:132Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me, as thou usest to do unto those that 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 →