Psalms · 5 verses
Psalms 125
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A mountain stands still, Jerusalem is ringed by mountains, and the wicked are eventually sent off by the LORD along with the evildoers.
The mountain and the encircling hillsvv. 1–3
The song begins with those who trust in the LORD, compared to Mount Zion: unmoved and abiding forever. Then Jerusalem appears among its surrounding mountains, as an image of the LORD surrounding His people. The wicked sceptre has its limit; it will not rest on the land allotted to the righteous, lest the righteous stretch out their hands to injustice.
The straight and crooked waysvv. 4–5
The prayer turns from what the LORD does to what the LORD is asked to do: good for the good and the upright in heart. Those who turn to crooked ways are separated with the evildoers. The final word is brief and broad: peace upon Israel.
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Ps 125:1A song of ascents. Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion. It cannot be moved; it abides forever.
Ps 125:2As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the LORD surrounds His people, both now and forevermore.
Ps 125:3For the scepter of the wicked will not rest upon the land allotted to the righteous, so that the righteous will not put forth their hands to injustice.
Ps 125:4Do good, O LORD, to those who are good, and to the upright in heart.
Ps 125:5But those who turn to crooked ways the LORD will banish with the evildoers. Peace be upon Israel.
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Where this is echoed
Readers' own connections, from OpenBible's crowd-voted cross-references — agreement about relevance, and not scholarly confidence. 89 passages were voted onto 5 verses of this chapter; the 16 shown lead on votes, and each is listed at the verse it was voted onto most strongly.
- 1Jeremiah 17:7–8But blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is in Him.
- 1Psalms 62:2He alone is my rock and my salvation. He is my fortress; I will never be shaken.
- 1Proverbs 3:5–6Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding;
- 1Psalms 118:8–9It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in man.
- 2Zechariah 2:5For I will be a wall of fire around it, declares the LORD, and I will be the glory within it.’”
- 3Isaiah 14:5–6The LORD has broken the staff of the wicked, the scepter of the rulers.
- 2Psalms 121:8The LORD will watch over your coming and going, both now and forevermore.
- 2Isaiah 4:5Then the LORD will create over all of Mount Zion and over her assemblies a cloud of smoke by day and a glowing flame of fire by night. For over all the glory there will be a canopy,
- 3Psalms 89:22No enemy will exact tribute; no wicked man will oppress him.
- 2John 10:28–29I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them out of My hand.
- 3Proverbs 22:8He who sows injustice will reap disaster, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.
- 2Deuteronomy 33:27The eternal God is your dwelling place, and underneath are the everlasting arms. He drives out the enemy before you, giving the command, ‘Destroy him!’
- 2Psalms 34:7The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear Him, and he delivers them.
- 1Zechariah 1:17Proclaim further that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘My cities will again overflow with prosperity; the LORD will again comfort Zion and choose Jerusalem.’”
- 2Lamentations 4:12The kings of the earth did not believe, nor any people of the world, that an enemy or a foe could enter the gates of Jerusalem.
- 11 Chronicles 5:20And because they cried out to God in battle, they were helped against their enemies, and the Hagrites and all their allies were delivered into their hands. Because they put their trust in God, He answered their prayers.
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