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

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

“You shall keep them.” That is, the persons referred to in Psalms 12:5—the poor and the needy who were suffering from the wrongs inflicted…

Charles Spurgeon

Charles Spurgeon

CharlesSpurgeon

19th Century
Baptist
19th Century

The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. You shall keep them, O LORD, you shall prese…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

Thou, O Jehovah. Some think that the language of the Psalmist here is that of renewed prayer. They, therefore, understand the words as exp…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

You shall keep them, O Lord
Not the words before mentioned, as Aben Ezra explains it, for the affix is masculine and not femin…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

This psalm furnishes good thoughts for bad times; one may comfort oneself with such meditations and prayers. Let us see what makes the times bad, a…

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