Psalms 12 · Verse 7

Psalms 12:7

Thou shalt keep them, O Lord, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.
Psalms 12:7, King James Version

Psalms 12:7 in other translations

BSBYou, O LORD, will keep us; You will forever guard us from this generation.
WEBYou will keep them, LORD. You will preserve them from this generation forever.
ASVThou wilt keep them, O Jehovah, Thou wilt preserve them from this generation for ever.
YLTThou, O Jehovah, dost preserve them, Thou keepest us from this generation to the age.
DARBYThou, Jehovah, wilt keep them, thou wilt preserve them from this generation for ever.
BBEYou will keep them, O Lord, you will keep them safe from this generation for ever.
WebsterThou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.

What does Psalms 12:7 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
7. them--(Margin.)

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 7 Thou shalt keep them - thou shalt preserve them - Instead of the pronoun them in these clauses, several MSS., with the Septuagint, the Vulgate, and the Arabic, have us. The sense is equally good in both readings. God did bring forth the Israelites from Babylon, according to his word; he separated them from that generation. and reinstated them in their own land, according to his word; and most certainly he has preserved them from generation to generation to the present day, in a most remarkable manner.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Psalms 12:7 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

אַתָּֽה\־'a.tah-youH859
יְהוָ֥הYah.wehO YahwehH3068
תִּשְׁמְרֵ֑םtish.me.Remyou will keep themH8104
תִּצְּרֶ֓נּוּ\׀ti.tze.Re.nuyou will guard himH5341
מִן\־min-fromH4480
הַדּ֖וֹרha.Dorthe generationH1755
ז֣וּzuthisH2098
לְעוֹלָֽם\׃le.'o.Lamfor everH5769

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 12:7

  • 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.

  • Psalms 121:8

    The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.

  • 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.

  • 1 Peter 1:5

    Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

  • Psalms 145:20

    The Lord preserveth all them that love him: but all the wicked will he destroy.

  • Psalms 10:18

    To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress.

  • 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.

  • 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?

  • Psalms 16:1

    Michtam of David. Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust.

  • Deuteronomy 33:3

    Yea, he loved the people; all his saints are in thy hand: and they sat down at thy feet; every one shall receive of thy words.

  • Isaiah 27:3

    I the Lord do keep it; I will water it every moment: lest any hurt it, I will keep it night and day.

  • Jude 1:1

    Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ, and called:

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
thou shalt.
16:1; 37:28,40; 121:8; 145:20; De 33:3; 1Sa 2:9; Isa 27:3; 1Pe 1:5
Jude 1:1
them, etc. Heb. him, i.e. every one of them. this.
10:18; Mt 3:7

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Context

  • Psalms 12:6

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

  • Psalms 12:7

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

  • Psalms 12:8

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

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Psalms 12:7 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Tú, Jehová, los guardarás; guárdalos para siempre de aquesta generación.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Les paroles de l’ Éternel sont des paroles pures, un argent affiné dans le creuset de terre, coulé sept fois.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Du, Jehova, wirst sie bewahren, wirst sie behüten vor diesem Geschlecht ewiglich.