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Psalms 12:7

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody

Scripture focus

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

Psalms 12:7 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Psalms 12:7

Theological / Devotional

Shalt keep them. Those referred to in v. 5, those who are persecuted by deceitful men. God will guard and defend His saints (see Ps. 37).

Preserve them. Literally, “preserve us, or “preserve him,” the two forms being identical in the Hebrew vowelless script. If the psalmist had the singular in mind he was placing distinct emphasis on the individual.

Generation. The psalmist here refers to the race of flatterers, oppressors, liars, that were so numerous as to give the impression conveyed in v. 1.

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