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Give Ear to My Words

Psalms 5:12

In 11 translations

BSB
For surely You, O LORD, bless the righteous; You surround them with the shield of Your favor.
KJV
For thou, LORD, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou compass him as with a shield.compass: Heb. crown
WEB
For you will bless the righteous. Yahweh, you will surround him with favor as with a shield.
ASV
For thou wilt bless the righteous; O Jehovah, thou wilt compass him with favor as with a shield.
LSV
For You bless the righteous, O YHWH, || Surrounding him with favor as a buckler!
YLT
For Thou blessest the righteous, O Jehovah, As a buckler with favour dost compass him!
DBY
For thou, Jehovah, wilt bless the righteous [man]; with favour wilt thou surround him as [with] a shield.
DRC5:13
For thou wilt bless the just. O Lord, thou hast crowned us, as with a shield of thy good will.
GNV
For thou Lord wilt blesse the righteous, and with fauour wilt compasse him, as with a shielde.
JPS5:13
For Thou dost bless the righteous; O LORD, Thou dost encompass him with favour as with a shield.
LXXE5:13
For thou, Lord, shalt bless the righteous: thou hast compassed us as with a shield of favour.Lit. crowned.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC5:13
כִּֽי־אַתָּה֮ תְּבָרֵ֪ךְ צַ֫דִּ֥יק יְהוָ֑ה כַּ֝צִּנָּ֗ה רָצ֥וֹן תַּעְטְרֶֽנּוּ׃KJV:Ps.5.12
LXX-Br5:13
ὅτι σὺ εὐλογήσεις δίκαιον Κύριε, ὡς ὅπλῳ εὐδοκίας ἐστεφάνωσας ἡμᾶς.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Psalms 84:11For the LORD God is a sun and a shield; the LORD gives grace and glory; He withholds no good thing from those who walk with integrity.
  • Psalms 32:10Many are the sorrows of the wicked, but loving devotion surrounds him who trusts in the LORD.
  • Psalms 115:13He will bless those who fear the LORD— small and great alike.
  • Psalms 1:1–3Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, or set foot on the path of sinners, or sit in the seat of mockers. But his delight is in the Law of the LORD, and on His law he meditates day and…
  • Psalms 112:1Hallelujah! Blessed is the man who fears the LORD, who greatly delights in His commandments.
  • Psalms 32:7You are my hiding place. You protect me from trouble; You surround me with songs of deliverance. Selah
  • Psalms 29:11The LORD gives His people strength; the LORD blesses His people with peace.
  • Psalms 3:3But You, O LORD, are a shield around me, my glory, and the One who lifts my head.
  • Psalms 3:8Salvation belongs to the LORD; may Your blessing be on Your people. Selah

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  • 5:13 in some Bibles
  • 5:12 in most Bibles

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