Psalms 12:7
Thou, O Jehovah, dost preserve them, Thou keepest us from this generation to the age.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.
In Context
6Sayings of Jehovah [are] pure sayings; Silver tried in a furnace of earth refined sevenfold.
8Around the wicked walk continually, According as vileness is exalted by sons of men!
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:9The feet of His saints He keepeth, And the wicked in darkness are silent, For not by power doth man become mighty.
Psalms 16:1A Secret Treasure of David. Preserve me, O God, for I did trust in Thee.
Psalms 19:9The fear of Jehovah [is] clean, standing to the age, The judgments of Jehovah [are] true, They have been righteous — together.
Psalms 37:40And Jehovah doth help them and deliver them, He delivereth them from the wicked, And saveth them, Because they trusted in Him!
Psalms 121:8Jehovah preserveth thy going out and thy coming in, From henceforth even unto the age!
Isaiah 27:3I, Jehovah, am its keeper, every moment I water it, Lest any lay a charge against it, Night and day I keep it!
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 →