Psalm 125:2 {124:2}
Good News Translation
As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the LORD surrounds his people, now and forever.

New Revised Standard Version
As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the LORD surrounds his people, from this time on and forevermore.

Contemporary English Version
Just as Jerusalem is protected by mountains on every side, the LORD protects his people by holding them in his arms now and forever.

New American Bible
As mountains surround Jerusalem, the LORD surrounds his people both now and forever.

Douay-Rheims Bible
In Jerusalem. Mountains are round about it: so the Lord is round about his people from henceforth now and for ever.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

In Jerusalem. Mountains are round about it: so the Lord is round about his people from henceforth now and for ever.

as the mountains

Lamentations 4:12 Lamed. The kings of the earth, and all the inhabitants of the world would not have believed, that the adversary and the enemy should enter in by the gates of Jerusalem.

the Lord

Psalm 34:7 The angel of the Lord shall encamp round about them that fear him: and shall deliver them.

Deuteronomy 33:27 His dwelling is above, and underneath are the everlasting arms: he shall cast out the enemy from before thee, and shall say: Be thou brought to nought.

Isaiah 4:5 And the Lord will create upon every place of mount Sion, and where he is called upon, a cloud by day, and a smoke and the brightness of a flaming fire in the night: for over all the glory shall be a protection.

Zechariah 2:5 And I will be to it, saith the Lord, a wall of fire round about: and I will be in glory in the midst thereof.

John 10:28,29 And I give them life everlasting: and they shall not perish for ever. And no man shall pluck them out of my hand. . . .

Context
The LORD Surrounds His People
1A gradual canticle. They that trust in the Lord shall be as mount Sion: he shall not be moved for ever that dwelleth 2In Jerusalem. Mountains are round about it: so the Lord is round about his people from henceforth now and for ever.3For the Lord will not leave the rod of sinners upon the lot of the just: that the just may not stretch forth their hands to iniquity.…
Cross References
Psalm 121:8
May the Lord keep thy coming in and thy going out; from henceforth now and for ever.

Psalm 139:5
Behold, O Lord, thou hast known all things, the last and those of old: thou hast formed me, and hast laid thy hand upon me.

Isaiah 22:1
The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee also, that thou too art wholly gone up to the housetops?

Isaiah 33:20
Look upon Sion the city of our solemnity: thy eyes shall see Jerusalem, a rich habitation, a tabernacle that cannot be removed: neither shall the nails thereof be taken away for ever, neither shall any of the cords thereof be broken.

Jeremiah 21:13
Behold I come to thee that dwellest in a valley upon a rock above a plain, saith the Lord: and you say: Who shall strike us and who shall enter into our houses?

Ezekiel 21:20
Thou shalt make a way that the sword may come to Rabbath of the children of Ammon, and to Juda unto Jerusalem the strong city.

Zechariah 2:5
And I will be to it, saith the Lord, a wall of fire round about: and I will be in glory in the midst thereof.

Psalm 125:1
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