Psalms 125:5
As for those turning [to] their crooked ways, || YHWH causes them to go with workers of iniquity. Peace on Israel!
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
In Context
4Do good, O YHWH, to the good, || And to the upright in their hearts.
Cross References
2 Samuel 22:22For I have kept the ways of YHWH, || And have not done wickedly against my God.
Job 23:11My foot has laid hold on His step, || I have kept His way, and do not turn aside,
Psalms 92:7When the wicked flourish as an herb, || And all workers of iniquity blossom—For their being destroyed forever and ever!
Psalms 92:10And You exalt my horn as a wild ox, || I have been anointed with fresh oil.
Psalms 101:3I do not set a worthless thing before my eyes, || I have hated the work of those turning aside, || It does not adhere to me.
Proverbs 2:15Whose paths [are] crooked, || Indeed, they are perverted in their ways.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 125:5
The Security of God's People. 4 Do good, O Lord , unto those that be good, and to them that are upright in their hearts. 5 As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, the Lord shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity: but peace shall be upon Israel. Here is, 1. The prayer the psalmist puts up for the happiness of those that are sincere and constant ( v. 4 ): Do good, O Lord! unto those that are good. This teaches us to pray for all good people, to make supplication for all saints; and we may pray… Read the whole commentary →