Psalms 12:7 · KJV
“Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever. {them from: Heb. him, etc: that is, every one of them, etc}”
— Psalms 12:7
The words of the LORD {are} pure words: {as} silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.
The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted. {men: Heb. of the sons of the men}
Psalms 12 — Context
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. {puffeth...: or, would ensnare him}
6The words of the LORD {are} pure words: {as} silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.
7Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever. {them from: Heb. him, etc: that is, every one of them, etc}
8The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted. {men: Heb. of the sons of the men}
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.
Psalms 121:8
The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.
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 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.
Psalms 145:20
The LORD preserveth all them that love him: but all the wicked will he destroy.
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.
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?