Psalm 12:7

Translations

Modern

You, O LORD, will keep us; You will forever guard us from this generation.

Traditional

Thou shalt keep them, O Lord, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.

Literal

You, O YHWH, shall keep them; You will guard them from this generation forever.

Latin

Tu, Domine, servabis nos, et custodies nos a generatione hac in æternum.

Original

Hebrew

English

You, O LORD, will keep us; You will forever guard us from this generation.

Notes

Psalms 12:7–8

Those who follow God know that he cares, even when the wicked oppress them. God sees the corrupt and foolish people who praise those who do evil (see Psalms 9:19–20; 14:2–6).

Psalms 12:1–8

This prayer from the community asks the Lord for help against the many evil acts in the world. Because God answers, the godly can face the future with confidence, knowing that God protects them.

Theme notes and profiles

David

Related verses

1 Samuel 2:9
He guards the steps of His faithful ones, but the wicked perish in darkness; for by his own strength shall no man prevail.
Psalm 121:8
The LORD will watch over your coming and going, both now and forevermore.
Psalm 145:20
The LORD preserves all who love Him, but all the wicked He will destroy.
Psalm 37:40
The LORD helps and delivers them; He rescues and saves them from the wicked, because they take refuge in Him.
1 Peter 1:5
…who through faith are shielded by God’s power for the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time.
Isaiah 27:3
I, the LORD, am its keeper; I water it continually. I guard it night and day so no one can disturb it;
Psalm 16:1
A Miktam of David. Preserve me, O God, for in You I take refuge.
Matthew 3:7
But when John saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his place of baptism, he said to them, “You brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?
Psalm 37:28
For the LORD loves justice and will not forsake His saints. They are preserved forever, but the offspring of the wicked will be cut off.
Psalm 10:18
…to vindicate the fatherless and oppressed, that the men of the earth may strike terror no more.
Deuteronomy 33:3
Surely You love the people; all the holy ones are in Your hand, and they sit down at Your feet; each receives Your words—
Jude 1:1
Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and a brother of James, To those who are called, loved by God the Father, and kept in Jesus Christ:

Glossary

David Music Neighbor Psalms, Book of Sheminith

Topics

God: Preserver Preservation

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