Psalm 125:2 As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the LORD surrounds his people both now and forevermore.

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Parallel Verses

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

English Standard Version
As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the LORD surrounds his people, from this time forth and forevermore.

New American Standard Bible
As the mountains surround Jerusalem, So the LORD surrounds His people From this time forth and forever.

King James Bible
As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the LORD is round about his people from henceforth even for ever.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Jerusalem--the mountains surround her. And the LORD surrounds His people, both now and forever.

International Standard Version
Just as mountains encircle Jerusalem, so the LORD encircles his people, from now to eternity.

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

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

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

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

Cross References

Psalm 121:8
The LORD shall preserve your going out and your coming in from this time forth, and even for ever more.

Psalm 139:5
You have beset me behind and before, and laid your hand on me.

Isaiah 22:1
The burden of the valley of vision. What ails you now, that you are wholly gone up to the housetops?

Isaiah 33:20
Look on Zion, the city of our solemnities: your eyes shall see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a tabernacle that shall not be taken down; not one of the stakes thereof shall ever be removed, neither shall any of the cords thereof be broken.

Jeremiah 21:13
Behold, I am against you, O inhabitant of the valley, and rock of the plain, said the LORD; which say, Who shall come down against us? or who shall enter into our habitations?

Ezekiel 21:20
Appoint a way, that the sword may come to Rabbath of the Ammonites, and to Judah in Jerusalem the defended.

Zechariah 2:5
For I, said the LORD, will be to her a wall of fire round about, and will be the glory in the middle of her.

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Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

125:1-3 All those minds shall be truly stayed, that are stayed on God. They shall be as Mount Zion, firm as it is; a mountain supported by providence, much more as a holy mountain supported by promise. They cannot be removed from confidence in God. They abide for ever in that grace which is the earnest of their everlasting continuance in glory. Committing themselves to God, they shall be safe from their enemies. Even mountains may moulder and come to nothing, and rocks be removed, but God's covenant with his people cannot be broken, nor his care of them cease. Their troubles shall last no longer than their strength will bear them up under them. The rod of the wicked may come, may fall upon the righteous, upon their persons, their estates, their liberties, their families names, on any thing that falls to their lot; only it cannot reach their souls. And though it may come upon their lot, it shall not rest thereon. The Lord will make all work together for their good. The wicked shall only prove a correcting rod, not a destroying sword; even this rod shall not remain upon them, lest they distrust the promise, thinking God has cast them off.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

PSALM 125

Ps 125:1-5. God honors the confidence of His people, by protection and deliverance, and leaves hypocrites to the doom of the wicked.

1, 2. Mount Zion—as an emblem of permanence, and locality of Jerusalem as one of security, represent the firm and protected condition of God's people (compare Ps 46:5), supported not only by Providence, but by covenant promise. Even the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed, but God's kindness shall not depart, nor His covenant of peace be removed (Isa 54:10).

They that trust—are "His people," (Ps 125:2).