Psalms 12:7

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

Ver. 7. Thou shall keep them] That is, Verba praedicta, the forementioned words or promises, saith Aben Ezra. Or, keep thou them (prayerwise), and so David puts God's promises in suit. A certain good man having all taken from him, and his wife desiring to know how he and his family should live? He answered, he would now put his bond in suit; that is, he would urge God with his promises.

Thou shall preserve them] Heb. him, that is, every one of them, viz. the poor and needy, among whom David reckons himself, which shows his humility.

From this generation] So they are called for their multitude, in opposition to those few faithful ones, Psalms 12:1. An evil and adulterous generation they were, a bastardly brood, as Matthew 12:39. Omne tempus ferct Clodios, Catones non omne feret, saith Seneca.