Psalms 125:3
For the scepter of wickedness shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous, that the righteous not put forth their hands to iniquity.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
4Do good, O LORD, to those who are good, and to those who are upright in their hearts.
Cross References
1 Samuel 24:10Behold, this day thine eyes have seen how that LORD had delivered thee today into my hand in the cave. And some bade me kill thee, but [I] spared thee. And I said, I will not put forth my hand against my lord, for he is LORD's anoi
Psalms 89:22The enemy shall not exact from him, nor the son of wickedness afflict him.
Psalms 103:14For he knows our frame. He remembers that we are dust.
Isaiah 10:5Ho, Assyrian, the rod of my anger, the staff in whose hand is my indignation!
Isaiah 27:8In measure, in sending it forth, thou content with it. He has removed with his rough blast in the day of the east wind.
Revelation 2:10Fear none of the things that thou are going to suffer. Behold, the devil is indeed going to cast some of you into prison, so that ye may be tried, and ye will have tribulation ten days. Become thou faithful until death, and I will
Matthew Henry on Psalms 125:2-4
The Security of God's People. 1 They that trust in the Lord shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever. 2 As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the Lord is round about his people from henceforth even for ever. 3 For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity. Here are three very precious promises made to the people of God, which, though they are designed to secure the welfare of the church in… Read the whole commentary →