Psalms 125:1
A Song of Degrees. When the Lord turned the captivity of Sion, we became as comforted ones.
Brenton Septuagint
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 they rose early in the morning and went out to the wilderness of Thecoe: and as they went out, Josaphat stood and cried, and said, Hear me, Juda, and the dwellers in Jerusalem; put your trust in the Lord God, and your trust shall be honoured; trust in his prophet, and ye shall prosper.
Psalms 25:2Prove me, O Lord, and try me; purify as with fire my reins and my heart.
Psalms 27:1A Psalm of David. To thee, O Lord, have I cried; my God, be not silent toward me: lest thou be silent toward me, and so I should be likened to them that go down to the pit.
Psalms 46:5He has chosen out his inheritance for us, the beauty of Jacob which he loved. Pause.
Psalms 62:2O God, my God, I cry to thee early; my soul has thirsted for thee: how often has my flesh longed after thee, in a barren and trackless and dry land!
Psalms 62:6Let my soul be filled as with marrow and fatness; and my joyful lips shall praise thy name.
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 →