Psalms 125:3 · KJV
“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 125:3
As the mountains {are} round about Jerusalem, so the LORD {is} round about his people from henceforth even for ever.
Do good, O LORD, unto {those that be} good, and {to them that are} upright in their hearts.
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.
5As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, the LORD shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity: {but} peace {shall be} upon Israel.
Cross References
Isaiah 14:5-6
The LORD hath broken the staff of the wicked, {and} the sceptre of the rulers.
Psalms 89:22
The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him.
Proverbs 22:8
He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail. {the rod...: or, with the rod of his anger he shall be consumed}
1 Corinthians 10:13
There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God {is} faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear {it}. {common...: or, moderate}
Revelation 2:10
Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast {some} of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.
Isaiah 27:8
In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it: he stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind. {it shooteth...: or, thou sendest it forth} {he...: or, when he removeth it with}
1 Samuel 24:10
Behold, this day thine eyes have seen how that the LORD had delivered thee to day into mine hand in the cave: and {some} bade {me} kill thee: but {mine eye} spared thee; and I said, I will not put forth mine hand against my lord; for he {is} the LORD'S anointed.
Psalms 103:9
He will not always chide: neither will he keep {his anger} for ever.