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 <div class="label">125</div><div class="s1">Psalm 125#sn Psalm 125. The psalmist affirms his confidence in the Lord&#8217;s protection and justice.</div><div class="s2">A song of ascents.#sn The precise significance of this title, which appears in Pss 120-134, is unclear. Perhaps worshipers recited these psalms when they ascended the road to Jerusalem to celebrate annual religious festivals. For a discussion of their background see L. C. Allen, Psalms 101-150 (WBC), 219-21.</div><div class="p">1 Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion;</div><div class="p">it cannot be upended and will endure forever.</div><div class="p">2 As the mountains surround Jerusalem,#map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.</div><div class="p">so the Lord surrounds his people,</div><div class="p">now and forevermore.</div><div class="p">3 Indeed,#tn Or &#8220;for.&#8221; the scepter of a wicked king#tn Heb &#8220;a scepter of wickedness.&#8221; The &#8220;scepter&#8221; symbolizes royal authority; when collocated with &#8220;wickedness&#8221; the phrase refers to an oppressive foreign conqueror. will not settle#tn Or &#8220;rest.&#8221;</div><div class="p">upon the allotted land of the godly.</div><div class="p">Otherwise the godly might</div><div class="p">do what is wrong.#tn Heb &#8220;so that the godly might not stretch out their hands in wrongdoing.&#8221; A wicked king who sets a sinful example can have an adverse moral and ethical effect on the people he rules.</div><div class="p">4 Do good, O Lord, to those who are good,</div><div class="p">to the morally upright!#tn Heb &#8220;pure of heart.&#8221; The &#8220;heart&#8221; is here viewed as the seat of one&#8217;s moral character and motives. The &#8220;pure of heart&#8221; are God&#8217;s faithful followers who trust in and love the Lord and, as a result, experience his deliverance (see Pss 7:10; 11:2; 32:11; 36:10; 64:10; 94:15; 97:11).</div><div class="p">5 As for those who are bent on traveling a sinful path,#tn Heb &#8220;and the ones making their paths twisted.&#8221; A sinful lifestyle is compared to a twisting, winding road.</div><div class="p">may the Lord remove them,#tn Heb &#8220;lead them away.&#8221; The prefixed verbal form is understood as a jussive of prayer here (note the prayers directly before and after this). Another option is to translate, &#8220;the Lord will remove them&#8221; (cf. NIV, NRSV). along with those who behave wickedly!#tn Heb &#8220;the workers of wickedness.&#8221;</div><div class="p">May Israel experience peace!#tn Heb &#8220;peace [be] upon Israel.&#8221; The statement is understood as a prayer (see Ps 122:8 for a similar prayer for peace).</div>
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Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion;
it cannot be upended and will endure forever.
As the mountains surround Jerusalem,
so the LORD surrounds his people,
now and forevermore.
Indeed, the scepter of a wicked king will not settle
upon the allotted land of the godly.
Otherwise the godly might
do what is wrong.
Do good, O LORD, to those who are good,
to the morally upright!
As for those who are bent on traveling a sinful path,
may the LORD remove them, along with those who behave wickedly!
May Israel experience peace!

सुनें - Psalms 125