American Standard Version
Psalms 125:2
2As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, So Jehovah is round about his people From this time forth and for evermore.
Psalms 125:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the Lord is round about his people from henceforth even for ever.
- New International Version (NIV)As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the Lord surrounds his people both now and forevermore.
- English Standard Version (ESV)As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the Lord surrounds his people, from this time forth and forevermore.
- New King James Version (NKJV)As the mountains surround Jerusalem, So the Lord surrounds His people From this time forth and forever.
Context of Psalms 125:2
1They that trust in Jehovah Are as mount Zion, which cannot be moved, but abideth for ever. As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, So Jehovah is round about his people From this time forth and for evermore. 3For the sceptre of wickedness shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; That the righteous put not forth their hands unto iniquity. 4Do good, O Jehovah, unto those that are good, And to them that are upright in their hearts.
Read all of Psalms 125Psalms 125:2 word by word
יְֽרוּשָׁלִַ֗ם הָרִים֮ סָבִ֪יב לָ֥הּ וַ֭יהוָה סָבִ֣יב לְעַמּ֑וֹ מֵ֝עַתָּ֗ה וְעַד־עוֹלָֽם׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 125:2
- Lamentations 4:12The kings of the earth believed not, neither all the inhabitants of the world, That the adversary and the enemy would enter into the gates of Jerusalem.
- Psalms 34:7The angel of Jehovah encampeth round about them that fear him, And delivereth them.
- Deuteronomy 33:27The eternal God isthy dwelling-place, And underneath are the everlasting arms. And he thrust out the enemy from before thee, And said, Destroy.
- Isaiah 4:5And Jehovah will create over the whole habitation of mount Zion, and over her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night; for over all the glory shall be spread a covering.
- Zechariah 2:5For I, saith Jehovah, will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and I will be the glory in the midst of her.
- John 10:28and I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, and no one shall snatch them out of my hand.
Commentaries on Psalms 125:2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2As the mountains are round about Jerusalem - Jerusalem, according to Sandys, was situated on a rocky mountain every way to be ascended, except a little on the north, with steep ascents and deep valleys, naturally fortified. It is surrounded with other mountains, at no great distance, as if placed in the midst of an amphitheatre; for on the east is Mount Olivet, separated from the city by the valley of Jehoshaphat, which also encompasses a part of the…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2As the mountains are round about Jerusalem - Hebrew, “Jerusalem - the mountains are round about her.” Jerusalem, except on the north, is encompassed with hills or mountains, so that although the city was built on hills - Zion, Moriah, Bezethah, Acra - it was itself surrounded by hills higher than any of these, and was, in a certain sense, in a valley. See the notes at Matthew 2:1. Compare the notes at Psalm 48:1-14. So the Lord is round about his people …Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2surrounds: God guards and protects like a wall of fire (Zechariah 2:5).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-51-2. Mount Zion--as an emblem of permanence, and locality of Jerusalem as one of security, represent the firm and protected condition of God's people (compare Psa 46:5), supported not only by Providence, but by covenant promise. Even the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed, but God's kindness shall not depart, nor His covenant of peace be removed (Is 54:10). They that trust--are "His people," (Psa 125:2).Read the comment
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- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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