←Psalm 125→BSB

In This Chapter 3 people 9 places 8 terms

People

Israel Jacob (Patriarch) Jeshurun (Israel)

Places

    Key Terms

    Upright 4 Trust 3 Lot (Object) 3 Mischief 3 Straightness Straight Be Straight Peace

    The LORD Surrounds His People

    A song of ascents.

    ⓘ The psalmist expresses the community’s confidence in the...

    The psalmist expresses the community’s confidence in the Lord’s protection (125:1–2) and prays for peace (125:3–5).
    1Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion.It cannot be moved; it abides forever.2As the mountains surround Jerusalem,so the LORD surrounds His people,both now and forevermore.
    3For the scepter of the wicked will not restupon the land allotted to the righteous,so that the righteous will not put forththeir hands to injustice.
    ⓘ People who reject the straight path of the...

    People who reject the straight path of the upright are fools (Prov 2:12–15). God pours out his goodness on the godly (see Ps 122:6–9).
    4Do good, O LORD, to those who are good,and to the upright in heart.5But those who turn to crooked waysthe LORD will banish with the evildoers.
    Peace be upon Israel.