Psalms 125:1
A Song of the going up. Those whose hope is in the Lord are like the mountain of Zion, which may not be moved, but keeps its place for ever.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
They that trust in the LORD shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever.
In Context
Cross References
2 Chronicles 20:20And early in the morning they got up and went out to the waste land of Tekoa: and when they were going out, Jehoshaphat took his station and said to them, Give ear to me, O Judah and you people of Jerusalem: have faith in the Lord your God and you will be safe; have faith in his prophets and all will go well for you.
Psalms 25:2O my God, I have put my faith in you, let me not be shamed; let not my haters be glorying over me.
Psalms 27:1Of David. The Lord is my light and my salvation; who is then a cause of fear to me? the Lord is the strength of my life; who is a danger to me?
Psalms 46:5\46:4\There is a river whose streams make glad the resting-place of God, the holy place of the tents of the Most High.
Psalms 62:2\62:1\My soul, put all your faith in God; for from him comes my salvation.
Psalms 62:6\62:5\My soul, put all your faith in God; for from him comes my hope.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 125:1
This short psalm may be summed up in those words of the prophet ( Isa. iii. 10, 11 ), "Say you to the righteous, It shall be well with him. Woe to the wicked, it shall be ill with him." Thus are life and death, the blessing and the curse, set before us often in the psalms, as well as in the law and the prophets. I. It is certainly well with the people of God; for, 1. They have the promises of a good God that they shall be fixed ( ver. 1 ), and safe ( ver. 2 ), and not always under the hatches, ver. 3 . 2. They… Read the whole commentary →