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Psalms 12:7

Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.

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In the Hebrew text this line is Psalms 12:8.

אַתָּֽהatahtheeאַתָּהpronoun, personal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “thee”H859thou and thee, or (plural) ye and youthee, thou, ye, you.יְהוָ֥הyehvahJehovahיְהֹוָהnoun, proper name — “Jehovah”H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodJehovah, the Lord. Compare H3050 (יָהּ), H3069 (יְהֹוִה).תִּשְׁמְרֵ֑םtishmerembewardשָׁמַרverb, qal, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “beward”, an unfinished actionH8104properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.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).תִּצְּרֶ֓נּוּtitsrenvbesiegedנָצַרverb, qal, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “besieged”, an unfinished actionH5341to guard, in a good sense (to protect, maintain, obey, etc.) or a bad one (to conceal, etc.)besieged, hidden thing, keep(-er, -ing), monument, observe, preserve(-r), subtil, watcher(-man).מִןminfromמִןpreposition — “from”H4480properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many sensesabove, after, among, at, because of, by (reason of), from (among), in, [idiom] neither, [idiom] nor, (out) of, over, since, [idiom] then, through, [idiom] whether, with.הַדּ֖וֹרhadorthe ageדּוֹרdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the age”, the ordinary formH1755properly, a revolution of time, i.e. an age or generation; also a dwellingage, [idiom] evermore, generation, (n-) ever, posterity.ז֣וּzvthatזוּparticle, relative — “that”H2098this or thatthat, this, [idiom] wherein, which, whom.לְעוֹלָֽםleolamto alwayעוֹלָםpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “to alway”, the ordinary formH5769properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (especially with prepositional prefix) alwaysalway(-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 ([phrase] without end). Compare H5331 (נֶצַח), H5…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(12-8) Thou wilt keep them, O LORD; Thou wilt preserve us from this generation for ever.

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

Thou, O Jehovah, dost preserve them, Thou keepest us from this generation to the age.

World English Bible

You will keep them, Yahweh. You will preserve them from this generation forever.

Darby Translation

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

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(12-8) Thou wilt keep them, O LORD; Thou wilt preserve us from this generation for ever.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Thou, O Lord, shalt keep us, and shalt preserve us, from this generation, and for ever.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Σὺ Κύριε φυλάξεις ἡμᾶς· καὶ διατηρήσεις ἡμᾶς ἀπὸ τῆς γενεᾶς ταύτης, καὶ εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα.