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

3Indeed, the scepter of a wicked king will not settle upon the allotted land of the godly. Otherwise the godly might do what is wrong. 4Do 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!

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 blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord and does not seek help from the proud or from liars!
• Psalms 101:3I will not even consider doing what is dishonest. I hate doing evil; I will have no part of it.
• 1 Chronicles 10:13So Saul died because he was unfaithful to the Lord and did not obey the Lord’s instructions; he even tried to conjure up underworld spirits.
• Proverbs 14:14The backslider will be paid back from his own ways, but a good person will be rewarded for his.
• Jeremiah 2:19Your own wickedness will bring about your punishment. Your unfaithful acts will bring down discipline on you. Know, then, and realize how utterly harmful it was for you to reject me, the Lord your God, to show no respect for me,” says the Lord God who rules over all.
• Zephaniah 1:6and those who turn their backs on the Lord and do not want the Lord’s help or guidance.”
• Hebrews 10:38But my righteous one will live by faith, and if he shrinks back, I take no pleasure in him.
• Proverbs 2:15whose paths are morally crooked, and who are devious in their ways;
• Isaiah 59:8They are unfamiliar with peace; their deeds are unjust. They use deceitful methods, and whoever deals with them is unfamiliar with peace.
• Philippians 2:15so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God without blemish though you live in a crooked and perverse society, in which you shine as lights in the world
• Matthew 7:23Then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you. Go away from me, you lawbreakers!’
• Matthew 24:48But if that evil slave should say to himself, ‘My master is staying away a long time,’
• Psalms 128:6and that you might see your grandchildren. May Israel experience peace!
• Isaiah 54:10Even if the mountains are removed and the hills displaced, my devotion will not be removed from you, nor will my covenant of friendship be displaced,” says the Lord, the one who has compassion on you.
• Ezekiel 37:26I will make a covenant of peace with them; it will be a perpetual covenant with them. I will establish them, increase their numbers, and place my sanctuary among them forever.
• Hosea 2:18“At that time I will make a covenant for them with the wild animals, the birds of the air, and the creatures that crawl on the ground. I will abolish the warrior’s bow and sword – that is, every weapon of warfare – from the land, and I will allow them to live 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