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Psalms 125:2

Jerusalem
Protection and safetyGod's faithfulnessGod's presence

1 Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion. It cannot be moved; it abides forever.

As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the LORD surrounds His people, both now and forevermore.

3 For the scepter of the wicked will not rest upon the land allotted to the righteous, so that the righteous will not put forth their hands to injustice.

4 Do good, O LORD, to those who are good, and to the upright in heart.

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Compare

BSB
As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the LORD surrounds His people, both now and forevermore.
KJV
As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the LORD is round about his people from henceforth even for ever.
WEB
As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the LORD surrounds his people from this time forward and forever more.
ASV
As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, So Jehovah is round about his people From this time forth and for evermore.
DARBY
Jerusalem! mountains are round about her, and Jehovah is round about his people, from henceforth and for evermore.
BLB
Jerusalem, the mountains surround her, and YHWH surrounds His people, from now even to forever.
ÅB
Rundt omkring Jerusalem er det fjell, og Herren omhegner sitt folk fra nå av og inntil evig tid.
OTB
Likesom fjellene omgir Jerusalem,
Slik omgir Herren sitt folk
Nå og for alltid.
B1930
Rundt omkring Jerusalem er det fjell, og Herren omhegner sitt folk fra nu av og inntil evig tid.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Zechariah 2:5

    For I will be a wall of fire around it, declares the LORD, and I will be the glory within it.’”

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  • Psalms 121:8

    The LORD will watch over your coming and going, both now and forevermore.

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  • Isaiah 4:5

    Then the LORD will create over all of Mount Zion and over her assemblies a cloud of smoke by day and a glowing flame of fire by night. For over all the glory there will be a canopy,

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  • John 10:28–29

    I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them out of My hand.

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  • Psalms 34:7

    The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear Him, and he delivers them.

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  • Deuteronomy 33:27

    The eternal God is your dwelling place, and underneath are the everlasting arms. He drives out the enemy before you, giving the command, ‘Destroy him!’

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  • Lamentations 4:12

    The kings of the earth did not believe, nor any people of the world, that an enemy or a foe could enter the gates of Jerusalem.

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