Psalms 125:2 · KJV
“As the mountains {are} round about Jerusalem, so the LORD {is} round about his people from henceforth even for ever.”
— Psalms 125:2
[A Song of degrees.] They that trust in the LORD {shall be} as mount Zion, {which} cannot be removed, {but} abideth for ever.
For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity. {the wicked: Heb. wickedness}
Psalms 125 — Context
[A Song of degrees.] They that trust in the LORD {shall be} as mount Zion, {which} cannot be removed, {but} abideth for ever.
2As the mountains {are} round about Jerusalem, so the LORD {is} round about his people from henceforth even for ever.
3For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity. {the wicked: Heb. wickedness}
4Do good, O LORD, unto {those that be} good, and {to them that are} upright in their hearts.
Cross References
Zechariah 2:5
For I, saith the LORD, will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and will be the glory in the midst of her.
Psalms 121:8
The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.
Isaiah 4:5
And the LORD will create upon every dwelling place of mount Zion, and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night: for upon all the glory {shall be} a defence. {upon all: or, above all} {defence: Heb. covering}
Deuteronomy 33:27
The eternal God {is thy} refuge, and underneath {are} the everlasting arms: and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; and shall say, Destroy {them}.
Psalms 34:7
The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them.
John 10:28-29
And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any {man} pluck them out of my hand.
Lamentations 4:12
The kings of the earth, and all the inhabitants of the world, would not have believed that the adversary and the enemy should have entered into the gates of Jerusalem.