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Psalm 12

Psa. 12:7 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Thou shalt keep
shamar (Hebrew #8104)
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
KJV usage: beward, be circumspect, take heed (to self), keep(-er, self), mark, look narrowly, observe, preserve, regard, reserve, save (self), sure, (that lay) wait (for), watch(-man).
Pronounce: shaw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
them, O Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
, thou shalt preserve
natsar (Hebrew #5341)
to guard, in a good sense (to protect, maintain, obey, etc.) or a bad one (to conceal, etc.)
KJV usage: besieged, hidden thing, keep(-er, -ing), monument, observe, preserve(-r), subtil, watcher(-man).
Pronounce: naw-tsar'
Origin: a primitive root
ρthem from this
zuw (Hebrew #2098)
this or that
KJV usage: that, this, X wherein, which, whom.
Pronounce: zoo
Origin: for 2088
generation
dowr (Hebrew #1755)
from 1752; properly, a revolution of time, i.e. an age or generation; also a dwelling
KJV usage: age, X evermore, generation, (n-)ever, posterity.
Pronounce: dore
Origin: or (shortened) dor {dore}
for ever
`owlam (Hebrew #5769)
from 5956; properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (especially with prepositional prefix) always
KJV usage: alway(-s), ancient (time), any more, continuance, eternal, (for, (n-))ever(-lasting, -more, of old), lasting, long (time), (of) old (time), perpetual, at any time, (beginning of the) world (+ without end). Compare 5331, 5703.
Pronounce: o-lawm'
Origin: or lolam {o-lawm'}
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him: i.e. every one of them.

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Ministry on This Verse

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thou shalt.
Psa. 16:1• 1Michtam of David. Preserve me, O *God: for I trust in thee. (Psa. 16:1)
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Psa. 37:28,40• 28for Jehovah loveth judgment, and will not forsake his saints: They are preserved for ever; but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.
 40And Jehovah will help them and deliver them: he will deliver them from the wicked, and save them; for they trust in him. (Psa. 37:28,40)
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Psa. 121:8• 8Jehovah will keep thy going out and thy coming in, from henceforth and for evermore. (Psa. 121:8)
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Psa. 145:20• 20Jehovah keepeth all that love him, and all the wicked will he destroy. (Psa. 145:20)
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Deut. 33:3• 3Yea, he loveth the peoples, All his saints are in thy hand, And they sit down at thy feet; Each receiveth of thy words. (Deut. 33:3)
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1 Sam. 2:9• 9He keepeth the feet of his saints, but the wicked are silenced in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail. (1 Sam. 2:9)
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Isa. 27:3• 3I Jehovah keep it, I will water it every moment; lest any harm it, I will keep it night and day. (Isa. 27:3)
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1 Peter 1:5• 5who are kept guarded by the power of God through faith for salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. (1 Peter 1:5)
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Jude 1• 1Jude, bondman of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to the called ones beloved in God the Father and preserved in Jesus Christ: (Jude 1)
them, etc.
Heb. him, i.e. every one of them.
this.
Psa. 10:18• 18To do justice to the fatherless and the oppressed one, that the man of the earth may terrify no more. (Psa. 10:18)
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Matt. 3:7• 7But seeing many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, Offspring of vipers, who has forewarned you to flee from the coming wrath? (Matt. 3:7)
• Relying on these pure words the righteous are assured that they will be kept and preserved from this generation—those marked by the lawless spirit of the age. (“Psalms 12” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Thou, Jehovah, wilt keep them, thou wilt preserve themm from this generation for ever.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "him." see end of ver. 5.