Old Testament
Psalms 125
Overview
A psalm of confident trust declaring that those who rely on the LORD are as immovable as Mount Zion, encircled and protected as Jerusalem is ringed by mountains. It assures that the scepter of wickedness will not rest permanently over the righteous, prays for God's goodness toward the upright in heart, and ends with the benediction, "Peace be upon Israel!"
1A Song of Ascents. Those who trust in Yahweh are as Mount Zion, which can’t be moved, but remains forever.
2As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so Yahweh surrounds his people from this time forward and forever more.
3For the scepter of wickedness won’t remain over the allotment of the righteous, so that the righteous won’t use their hands to do evil.
4Do good, Yahweh, to those who are good, to those who are upright in their hearts.
5But as for those who turn away to their crooked ways, Yahweh will lead them away with the workers of iniquity. Peace be on Israel.