Psalm 12:7
Old Testament • 5 words with Strong's data
"Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever."
Word-by-Word Analysis
שָׁמַר
shâmar
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
נָצַר
nâtsar
to guard, in a good sense (to protect, maintain, obey, etc.) or a bad one (to conceal, etc.)
דּוֹר
dôwr
properly, a revolution of time, i.e. an age or generation; also a dwelling
עוֹלָם
ʻôwlâm
properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (...
Key Terms in This Verse
נָצַר nâtsar
to guard, in a good sense (to protect, maintain, obey, etc.) or a bad one (to conceal, etc.)
Study H5341 →דּוֹר dôwr
properly, a revolution of time, i.e. an age or generation; also a dwelling
Study H1755 →שָׁמַר shâmar
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
Study H8104 →עוֹלָם ʻôwlâm
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
Study H5769 →Cross References
He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.
The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.
The LORD preserveth all them that love him: but all the wicked will he destroy.
And the LORD shall help them, and deliver them: he shall deliver them from the wicked, and save them, because they trust in him.
Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress.
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?
Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust.
Yea, 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.
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.
I the LORD do keep it; I will water it every moment: lest any hurt it, I will keep it night and day.
Jude, 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:
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