Psalms 12:7
Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.
KJV
Thou wilt keep them, O Jehovah, Thou wilt preserve them from this generation for ever.
ASV
אִֽמֲר֣וֹת יְהוָה֮ אֲמָר֪וֹת טְהֹ֫ר֥וֹת כֶּ֣סֶף צָ֭רוּף בַּ/עֲלִ֣יל לָ/אָ֑רֶץ מְ֝זֻקָּ֗ק שִׁבְעָתָֽיִם
Hebrew
Thou, O Jehovah, dost preserve them, Thou keepest us from this generation to the age.
YLT
You will keep them, LORD. You will preserve them from this generation forever.
WEB
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In the original Hebrew
9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
טָה֑וֹר
thvr
adjective · 94×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
ךָ
k
noun · 37×
כֶּ֣סֶף
ksp
noun · 402×
מְזֻקָּ֖ק
mzqq
verb · 7×
עֲלִ֣יל
'lyl
noun · 1×
צֹרֵ֖ף
tsrp
verb · 34×
שִׁבְעָתַ֖יִם
shb'tym
noun · 6×
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Chapter 13.—Of the Revolution of the Ages, Which Some Philosophers Believe Will Bring All Things Round Again, After a Certain Fixed Cycle, to the Same Order and Form as at First. This controversy some philosophers have seen no other approved means of solving than by introducing cycles of time, in which there should be a constant renewal and repetition of the order of nature;543…
Cross-references
- 1Pet 1:5 — Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
- 1Sam 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.
- Ps 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.
- Ps 121:8 — The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.
- Ps 145:20 — The LORD preserveth all them that love him: but all the wicked will he destroy.