Psalms 125:1-3

A song of ascents.

1 Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion, which cannot be shaken but endures forever.

2 As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the LORD surrounds his people both now and forevermore.

3 The scepter of the wicked will not remain over the land allotted to the righteous, for then the righteous might use their hands to do evil.

Psalms 125:1-3 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 125

\\<>\\. Who was the penman of this psalm, and on what occasion written, is not certain. It describes the safety and security of the church and people of God; foretells the deliverance of them from the oppressions of their enemies; the blessings of goodness that should be bestowed upon them, and the vengeance that will be taken on the wicked. According to Aben Ezra, it belongs to the times of the Messiah, whom the Jews yet expect; when Israel, as they suppose, will be in safe and prosperous circumstances, and the wicked will be consumed; as Kimchi on it also observes: and, indeed, it may be very well thought to belong to the latter days of the kingdom of our Messiah; when the church will be in great safety and prosperity, and freed from the persecution and afflictions of wicked men.

Cross References

• 1. Psalms 48:12; Isaiah 33:20
• 2. Psalms 46:5; Psalms 48:2-5
• 3. S 1 Chronicles 21:15
• 4. Psalms 32:10; Psalms 121:8; Zechariah 2:4-5
• 5. S Esther 4:11
• 6. Psalms 89:22; Proverbs 22:8; Isaiah 13:11; Isaiah 14:5
• 7. 1 Samuel 24:10; Psalms 55:20