Psalms 12:7

Protection and safety God's faithfulness

⁵ For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.

⁶ The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.

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

⁸ The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: You, O LORD, will keep us; You will forever guard us from this generation.
KJV: Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.
WEB: You will keep them, LORD. You will preserve them from this generation forever.
ASV: Thou wilt keep them, O Jehovah, Thou wilt preserve them from this generation for ever.
DARBY: Thou, Jehovah, wilt keep them, thou wilt preserve them from this generation for ever.
BLB: You, O YHWH, shall keep them; You will guard them from this generation forever.

ÅB: Du, Herre, vil bevare dem,
du vil for evig beskytte dem fra denne slekten.
OTB: Du, Herre, vil bevare dem;
du vil vokte ham fra denne generasjonen for alltid.
B1930: Du, Herre, vil bevare dem, du vil vokte dem for denne slekt evindelig.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

1 Samuel 2:9
He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.
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Psalms 121:8
The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.
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Psalms 37:40
And the LORD shall help them, and deliver them: he shall deliver them from the wicked, and save them, because they trust in him.
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1 Peter 1:5
Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
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Psalms 145:20
The LORD preserveth all them that love him: but all the wicked will he destroy.
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Psalms 10:18
To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress.
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Psalms 37:28
For the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.
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Matthew 3:7
But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
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