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Psalm 5:12

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5:12Certainly41 you reward42 the godly,43 Lord.

Like a shield you protect44 them45 in your good favor.46

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Footnotes

  1. 41 Or “For.”
  2. 42 Or “bless.” The imperfect verbal forms here and in the next line highlight how God characteristically rewards and protects the godly.
  3. 43 Or “innocent.” The singular form is used here in a collective or representative sense.
  4. 44 Heb “surround.” In 1 Sam 23:26 the verb describes how Saul and his men hemmed David in as they chased him.
  5. 45 Heb “him.” The singular form is used here in a collective or representative sense and is thus translated “them.”
  6. 46 Or “with favor” (cf. ). There is no preposition before the noun in the Hebrew text, nor is there a pronoun attached. “Favor” here stands by metonymy for God’s defensive actions on behalf of the one whom he finds acceptable.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

For you bless the righteous, O Lord;

you cover him with favor as with a shield.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Surely, Lord, you bless the righteous;

you surround them with your favor as with a shield.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

For you, Lord, bless the righteous one;

you surround him with favor like a shield.

NLTNew Living Translation

For you bless the godly, O Lord;

you surround them with your shield of love.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

For you bless the righteous.

O Yahweh, like a shield you surround him with good favor.

KJV 1900King James Version

For thou, Lord, wilt bless the righteous;

With favour wilt thou compass him as with a shield.