Psalms 125:3
For the rod of the wicked shall not rest on the lot of the righteous, least the righteous put forth their hand vnto wickednes.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
2As the mountaines are about Ierusalem: so is the Lord about his people from henceforth and for euer.
4Doe well, O Lord, vnto those that be good and true in their hearts.
Cross References
1 Samuel 24:10And Dauid saide to Saul, Wherefore giuest thou an eare to mens words, that say, Behold, Dauid seeketh euill against thee?
Psalms 89:22The enemie shall not oppresse him, neither shall the wicked hurt him.
Psalms 103:14For he knoweth whereof we be made: he remembreth that we are but dust.
Isaiah 10:5O Asshur, the rodde of my wrath: and the staffe in their hands is mine indignation.
Isaiah 27:8In measure in the branches thereof wilt thou contende with it, when he bloweth with his rough winde in the day of the East winde.
Revelation 2:10Feare none of those things, which thou shalt suffer: beholde, it shall come to passe, that the deuill shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tryed, and ye shall haue tribulation tenne dayes: be thou faithfull vnto the death, and I will giue thee the crowne of life.
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 →