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Psalm 5:12

For you will bless the righteous. LORD, you will surround him with favor as with a shield.

10Hold them guilty, God. Let them fall by their own counsels. Thrust them out in the multitude of their transgressions, for they have rebelled against you.
11But let all those who take refuge in you rejoice. Let them always shout for joy, because you defend them. Let them also who love your name be joyful in you.
12For you will bless the righteous. LORD, you will surround him with favor as with a shield.
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Notice

The shield makes God's favor concrete: amid the psalm's cries for defense, the righteous are pictured as surrounded by his care.

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Where else Scripture says this

8 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Psalm 84:11For the LORD God is a sun and a shield. The LORD will give grace and glory. He withholds no good thing from those who walk blamelessly.Both psalms describe God's protection through a shield and connect his gifts with a life of righteousness.
Psalm 32:10Many sorrows come to the wicked, but loving kindness shall surround him who trusts in the LORD.God's favor surrounds the righteous in Psalm 5, while his loving kindness surrounds the person who trusts him in Psalm 32.
Genesis 15:1After these things the LORD’s word came to Abram in a vision, saying, “Don’t be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your exceedingly great reward.”The shield describes God's favor toward the righteous in the psalm and God's own protection of Abram in Genesis.
Psalm 65:11You crown the year with your bounty. Your carts overflow with abundance.Both passages speak of God's generosity, with Psalm 5 naming blessing and Psalm 65 describing a year crowned with bounty.
Psalm 115:13He will bless those who fear the LORD, both small and great.Both declare that the LORD will bless, naming the righteous in Psalm 5 and those who fear him in Psalm 115.
Numbers 6:27“So they shall put my name on the children of Israel; and I will bless them.”Both passages identify God as the giver of blessing, directed toward the righteous in the psalm and Israel in Numbers.
2 Samuel 22:3God is my rock in whom I take refuge; my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge. My savior, you save me from violence.Both use a shield to describe God's protection, with Samuel's song also naming refuge and rescue from violence.
Job 1:10Haven’t you made a hedge around him, and around his house, and around all that he has, on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his substance …The shield in the psalm and the hedge in Job both picture protection alongside God's blessing.
Where this verse fits

Fear for the future. anxiety or panic. injustice and anger.

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Encouragement

The prayer ends with confidence while enemies remain in view. Its assurance rests on YHWH’s character: he will bless the righteous and surround them with favor.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).