Psalms 125:3
For the sceptre of wickedness shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous: in order that the righteous may not stretch forth their hands unto wrong-doing.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
4Do good, O Lord, unto the good, and to those that are upright in their hearts.
Cross References
1 Samuel 24:10Behold, this day thy eyes have seen how that the Lord had delivered thee today into my hand in the cave, and some one said that I should kill thee: but my soul felt compassion for thee: and I said, I will not stretch forth my hand against my Lord; because he is the anointed of the Lord.
Psalms 89:22(89:23) The enemy shall not exact from him like a lender: and the son of injustice shall not afflict him:
Psalms 103:14For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.
Isaiah 10:5Woe over Asshur, the rod of my anger; and a staff is in their hand my indignation.
Isaiah 27:8In measure, by driving him forth, thou strivest with him: he removed him with his violent storm on the day of the east wind.
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 →