Psalm 125:2 {124:2}
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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.

Lexicon
As the mountains
הָרִים֮ (hā·rîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 2022: Mountain, hill, hill country

surround
סָבִ֪יב (sā·ḇîḇ)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 5439: A circle, neighbour, environs, around

Jerusalem,
יְֽרוּשָׁלִַ֗ם (yə·rū·šā·lim)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3389: Jerusalem -- probably 'foundation of peace', capital city of all Israel

so the LORD
וַ֭יהוָה (Yah·weh)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

surrounds
סָבִ֣יב (sā·ḇîḇ)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 5439: A circle, neighbour, environs, around

His people,
לְעַמּ֑וֹ (lə·‘am·mōw)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock

both now
מֵ֝עַתָּ֗ה (mê·‘at·tāh)
Preposition-m | Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 6258: At this time

and forevermore.
וְעַד־ (wə·‘aḏ-)
Conjunctive waw | Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while


Additional Translations
As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the LORD surrounds His people, both now and forevermore.As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the LORD is round about his people from now on even for ever.

As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, So Jehovah is round about his people From this time forth and for evermore.

The mountains are round about her, and so the Lord is round about his people, from henceforth and even for ever.

Jerusalem! -- mountains are round about her, and Jehovah is round about his people, from henceforth and for evermore.

As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the LORD is round about his people, from this time forth and for evermore.

As the mountains are round Jerusalem, so the LORD is around his people from henceforth even for ever.

As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so Yahweh surrounds his people from this time forth and forevermore.

Jerusalem! mountains are round about her, And Jehovah is round about His people, From henceforth even unto the age.
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