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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• 1<<Michtam of David.>> Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust. (Psa. 16:1)
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Psa. 37:28,40• 28For the Lord loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.
 40And the Lord shall help them, and deliver them: he shall deliver them from the wicked, and save them, because they trust in him. (Psa. 37:28,40)
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Psa. 121:8• 8The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore. (Psa. 121:8)
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Psa. 145:20• 20The Lord preserveth all them that love him: but all the wicked will he destroy. (Psa. 145:20)
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Deut. 33:3• 3Yea, 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. (Deut. 33:3)
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1 Sam. 2:9• 9He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail. (1 Sam. 2:9)
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Isa. 27:3• 3I the Lord do keep it; I will water it every moment: lest any hurt it, I will keep it night and day. (Isa. 27:3)
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1 Peter 1:5• 5Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. (1 Peter 1:5)
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Jude 1• 1Jude, 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: (Jude 1)
them, etc.
Heb. him, i.e. every one of them.
this.
Psa. 10:18• 18To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress. (Psa. 10:18)
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Matt. 3:7• 7But 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? (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.