Psalms 12:7
Thou shalt keep them, O Lord, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.
†Thou shalt keepe them, (O LORD,) thou shalt preserue them, from this generation for euer.
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- †Hebrew wordingHeb. him.i.euery one of them.
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Psalms 12:7
The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
To guard, watch, protect, preserve, secure, retain, possess, hold, maintain, support, tend, manage, observe, obey, fulfil, celebrate, continue in, refrain from, or remain faithful to a person, place, trust, command, promise, way, time, or thing.
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The divine name of the living God, also named JEHOVAH.
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To keep safe from harm, loss, decay, or destruction; to protect, maintain, or save.
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generation
Offspring, a family line, people of one age, or the period of a lifetime.
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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.
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1. Without end; for all time. 2. Continually or permanently throughout the duration in view.
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At any time; always or continually; throughout all time or for ever.
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6The words of the Lord are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.
6*The wordes of the LORD are pure wordes: as siluer tried in a fornace of earth purified seuen times.
7Thou shalt keep them, O Lord, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.
7†Thou shalt keepe them, (O LORD,) thou shalt preserue them, from this generation for euer.
Selected passage8The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.
8†The wicked walke on euery side, when the vilest men are exalted.