Psalms 125:5

Psalms 125:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)But those who turn to crooked ways the Lord will banish with the evildoers. Peace be on Israel.
• English Standard Version (ESV)But those who turn aside to their crooked ways the Lord will lead away with evildoers! Peace be upon Israel!
• New King James Version (NKJV)As for such as turn aside to their crooked ways, The Lord shall lead them away With the workers of iniquity. Peace be upon Israel!

Context of Psalms 125:5

3The scepter of the wicked will not remain over the land allotted to the righteous, so that the righteous will not apply their hands to injustice. 4Do what is good, Lord, to the good, to those whose hearts are upright. But as for those who turn aside to crooked ways, the Lord will banish them with the evildoers. Peace be with Israel.

Psalms 125:5 word by word

וְהַמַּטִּ֤ים עַֽקַלְקַלּוֹתָ֗ם יוֹלִיכֵ֣ם יְ֭הוָה אֶת־פֹּעֲלֵ֣י הָאָ֑וֶן שָׁ֝ל֗וֹם עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• As for such as turn asideנָטָהnâţâh · to stretchH5186
• unto their crooked waysעֲקַלְקַל‛ăqalqal · crookedH6128
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• shall lead them forthיָלַךְyâlak · to walkH3212
• with the workersפָּעַלpâ‛al · to workH6466
• of iniquityאָ֫וֶן'âven · evil: wickednessH205
• peaceשָׁלוֹםshâlôm shâlôm · peaceH7965
• upon Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478

Cross-references for Psalms 125:5

• Psalms 40:4How happy is anyone who has put his trust in the Lord and has not turned to the proud or to those who run after lies!
• Psalms 101:3I will not let anything worthless guide me. I hate the practice of transgression; it will not cling to me.
• 1 Chronicles 10:13Saul died for his unfaithfulness to the Lord because he did not keep the Lord’s word. He even consulted a medium for guidance,
• Proverbs 14:14The disloyal one will get what his conduct deserves, and a good one, what his deeds deserve.
• Jeremiah 2:19Your own evil will discipline you; your own apostasies will reprimand you. Recognize how evil and bitter it is for you to abandon the Lord your God and to have no fear of me. This is the declaration of the Lord God of Armies.
• Zephaniah 1:6and those who turn back from following the Lord, who do not seek the Lord or inquire of him.
• Hebrews 10:38But my righteous one will live by faith; and if he draws back, I have no pleasure in him.
• Proverbs 2:15whose paths are crooked, and whose ways are devious.
• Isaiah 59:8They have not known the path of peace, and there is no justice in their ways. They have made their roads crooked; no one who walks on them will know peace.
• Philippians 2:15so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God who are faultless in a crooked and perverted generation, among whom you shine like stars in the world,
• Matthew 7:23Then I will announce to them, ‘I never knew you. Depart from me, you lawbreakers!’
• Matthew 24:48But if that wicked servant says in his heart, ‘My master is delayed,’
• Psalms 128:6and will see your children’s children! Peace be with Israel.
• Isaiah 54:10Though the mountains move and the hills shake, my love will not be removed from you and my covenant of peace will not be shaken,” says your compassionate Lord.
• Ezekiel 37:26I will make a covenant of peace with them; it will be a permanent covenant with them. I will establish and multiply them and will set my sanctuary among them forever.
• Hosea 2:18On that day I will make a covenant for them with the wild animals, the birds of the sky, and the creatures that crawl on the ground. I will shatter bow, sword, and weapons of war in the land and will enable the people to rest securely.

Commentaries on Psalms 125:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5As for such as turn aside - Who are not faithful; who give way to sin; who backslide, and walk in a crooked way, widely different from the straight way of the upright, ישרים yesharim, the straight in heart; they shall be led forth to punishment with the common workers of iniquity. Thus thy Church will be purified, and thy peace rest upon thy true Israel. Let him that readeth understand.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways - The wicked. Those who leave the right or straight path, and wander in forbidden ways. The word here rendered “crooked ways” occurs nowhere else except in Judges 5:6, where it is rendered “by-ways,” meaning unfrequented paths or roads; narrow and crooked paths, remote from the highways, or the ways commonly traversed. Hence, the word means also paths of sin - as deviations from the straight road which man…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 4-5Verses 4-5 God's promises should quicken our prayers. The way of holiness is straight; there are no windings or shiftings in it. But the ways of sinners are crooked. They shift from one purpose to another, and turn hither and thither to deceive; but disappointment and misery shall befal them. Those who cleave to the ways of God, though they may have trouble in their way, their end shall be peace. The pleading of their Saviour for them, secures to them the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4-5People who do not follow the "straight paths" are foolish (Proverbs 2:12–15). God gives his goodness to the godly (see Psalm 122:6–9).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. Those who turn aside (under temptation) permanently show that they are hypocrites, and their lot or portion shall be with the wicked (Psa 28:3). crooked ways--(Compare De 9:16; Mal 2:8, 9). their--is emphatic; the "crooked ways" proceed from their own hearts. The true Israel is here distinguished from the false. Scripture everywhere opposes the Jewish delusion that mere outward descent would save (Ro 2:28, 29; 9:6, 7; Ga 6:16). The byways of sin from…Read the comment

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Commentaries on Psalms 125

• 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