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Psalm 125

Psa. 125:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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<<A Song
shiyr (Hebrew #7892)
from 7891; a song; abstractly, singing
KJV usage: musical(-ick), X sing(-er, -ing), song.
Pronounce: sheer
Origin: or feminine shiyrah {shee-raw'}
of degrees
ma`alah (Hebrew #4609)
elevation, i.e. the act (literally, a journey to a higher place, figuratively, a thought arising), or (concretely) the condition (literally, a step or grade-mark, figuratively, a superiority of station); specifically a climactic progression (in certain Psalms)
KJV usage: things that come up, (high) degree, deal, go up, stair, step, story.
Pronounce: mah-al-aw'
Origin: feminine of 4608
.>> They that trust
batach (Hebrew #982)
properly, to hie for refuge (but not so precipitately as 2620); figuratively, to trust, be confident or sure
KJV usage: be bold (confident, secure, sure), careless (one, woman), put confidence, (make to) hope, (put, make to) trust.
Pronounce: baw-takh'
Origin: a primitive root
in the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
shall be as mount
har (Hebrew #2022)
a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)
KJV usage: hill (country), mount(-ain), X promotion.
Pronounce: har
Origin: a shortened form of 2042
Zion
Tsiyown (Hebrew #6726)
Tsijon (as a permanent capital), a mountain of Jerusalem
KJV usage: Zion.
Pronounce: tsee-yone'
Origin: the same (regularly) as 6725
, which cannot be removed
mowt (Hebrew #4131)
to waver; by implication , to slip, shake, fall
KJV usage: be carried, cast, be out of course, be fallen in decay, X exceedingly, fall(-ing down), be (re-)moved, be ready, shake, slide, slip.
Pronounce: mote
Origin: a primitive root
, but abideth
yashab (Hebrew #3427)
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
KJV usage: (make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, X fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, X marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, return, seat, set(- tle), (down-)sit(-down, still, -ting down, -ting (place) -uate), take, tarry.
Pronounce: yaw-shab'
Origin: a primitive root
for ever
`owlam (Hebrew #5769)
from 5956; properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (especially with prepositional prefix) always
KJV usage: alway(-s), ancient (time), any more, continuance, eternal, (for, (n-))ever(-lasting, -more, of old), lasting, long (time), (of) old (time), perpetual, at any time, (beginning of the) world (+ without end). Compare 5331, 5703.
Pronounce: o-lawm'
Origin: or lolam {o-lawm'}
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Forever,
Mountain Mount,
Songs of Degrees,
Zion; Sion; Mount Zion

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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1-3:  The safety of such as trust in God.
4-5:  A prayer for the godly, and against the wicked.
A.M. 3468.
B.C. 536.
(Title.)
A Song.
Psa. 120:1• 1A Song of degrees. In my trouble I called unto Jehovah, and he answered me. (Psa. 120:1)
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Psa. 121:1• 1A Song of degrees. I lift up mine eyes unto the mountains: whence shall my help come? (Psa. 121:1)
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Psa. 122:1• 1A Song of degrees. Of David. I rejoiced when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of Jehovah. (Psa. 122:1)
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Psa. 123:1• 1A Song of degrees. Unto thee do I lift up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens. (Psa. 123:1)
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Psa. 124:1• 1A Song of degrees. Of David. If it had not been Jehovah who was for us--oh let Israel say-- (Psa. 124:1)
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Psa. 124•  (Psa. 124)
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that trust.
Psa. 27:1• 1A Psalm of David. Jehovah is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? Jehovah is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? (Psa. 27:1)
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Psa. 25:2,8• 2My God, I confide in thee; let me not be ashamed, let not mine enemies triumph over me.
 8Good and upright is Jehovah; therefore will he instruct sinners in the way: (Psa. 25:2,8)
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Psa. 34:22• 22Jehovah redeemeth the soul of his servants; and none of them that trust in him shall bear guilt. (Psa. 34:22)
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Psa. 62:2,6• 2He only is my rock and my salvation; my high fortress: I shall not be greatly moved.
 6He only is my rock and my salvation; my high fortress: I shall not be moved. (Psa. 62:2,6)
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Psa. 118:8‑9• 8It is better to trust in Jehovah than to put confidence in man;
 9It is better to trust in Jehovah than to put confidence in nobles. (Psa. 118:8‑9)
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Psa. 147:11• 11Jehovah taketh pleasure in those that fear him, in those that hope in his loving-kindness. (Psa. 147:11)
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1 Chron. 5:20• 20and they were helped against them, and the Hagarites were delivered into their hand, and all that were with them; for they cried to God in the battle, and he was intreated of them, because they put their trust in him. (1 Chron. 5:20)
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Prov. 3:5‑6• 5Confide in Jehovah with all thy heart, and lean not unto thine own intelligence;
 6in all thy ways acknowledge him, and he will make plain thy paths. (Prov. 3:5‑6)
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Jer. 17:7‑8• 7Blessed is the man that confideth in Jehovah, and whose confidence Jehovah is.
 8For he shall be like a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out its roots by the stream, and he shall not see when heat cometh, but his leaf shall be green; and in the year of drought he shall not be careful, neither shall he cease to yield fruit. (Jer. 17:7‑8)
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Eph. 1:12‑13• 12that we should be to the praise of his glory who have pre-trusted in the Christ:
 13in whom *ye* also have trusted, having heard the word of the truth, the glad tidings of your salvation; in whom also, having believed, ye have been sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, (Eph. 1:12‑13)
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1 Peter 1:21• 21who by him do believe on God, who has raised him from among the dead and given him glory, that your faith and hope should be in God. (1 Peter 1:21)
be as mount.
Psa. 132:13‑14• 13For Jehovah hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his dwelling:
 14This is my rest for ever; here will I dwell, for I have desired it. (Psa. 132:13‑14)
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Isa. 12:6• 6Cry out and shout, thou inhabitress of Zion; for great is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee. (Isa. 12:6)
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Isa. 14:32• 32And what shall be answered to the messengers of the nation? That Jehovah hath founded Zion, and the afflicted of his people find refuge in it. (Isa. 14:32)
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Isa. 51:8,11,16• 8For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool; but my righteousness shall be for ever, and my salvation from generation to generation.
 11So the ransomed of Jehovah shall return, and come to Zion with singing; and everlasting joy shall be upon their heads: they shall obtain gladness and joy; sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
 16And I have put my words in thy mouth, and covered thee with the shadow of my hand, to plant the heavens, and to lay the foundations of the earth, and to say unto Zion, Thou art my people. (Isa. 51:8,11,16)
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Isa. 52:1,7‑8• 1Awake, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean.
 7How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that announceth glad tidings, that publisheth peace; that announceth glad tidings of good, that publisheth salvation, that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth!
 8--The voice of thy watchmen, they lift up the voice, they sing aloud together; for they shall see eye to eye, when Jehovah shall bring again Zion. (Isa. 52:1,7‑8)
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Obad. 21• 21And saviours shall come up on mount Zion, to judge the mount of Esau; and the kingdom shall be Jehovah's. (Obad. 21)
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Mic. 4:2• 2And many nations shall go and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of Jehovah, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths. For out of Zion shall go forth the law, and Jehovah's word from Jerusalem. (Mic. 4:2)
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Zech. 1:14,17• 14And the angel that talked with me said unto me, Cry, saying, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: I am jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with a great jealousy,
 17Cry further, saying, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: My cities shall yet overflow with prosperity, and Jehovah shall yet comfort Zion, and shall yet choose Jerusalem. (Zech. 1:14,17)
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Rev. 14:1• 1And I saw, and behold, the Lamb standing upon mount Zion, and with him a hundred and forty-four thousand, having his name and the name of his Father written upon their foreheads. (Rev. 14:1)
but abideth.
Matt. 16:16‑18• 16And Simon Peter answering said, *Thou* art the Christ, the Son of the living God.
 17And Jesus answering said to him, Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-jona, for flesh and blood has not revealed it to thee, but my Father who is in the heavens.
 18And *I* also, I say unto thee that *thou* art Peter, and on this rock I will build my assembly, and hades' gates shall not prevail against it. (Matt. 16:16‑18)
• As the tribes near the land of Israel, the mountains around Jerusalem come into view. (“Book 5.” by B. Anstey)
• Psalms 124 presents the Lord’s mercy in setting the godly free from captivity, calling forth their confiding trust in the Lord. Psalms 125 presents the security of those who thus trust in the Lord as they pursue their pilgrim way to Zion. (“Psalms 125” by H. Smith)
• (vv. 1-2) In the presence of all opposition, and amidst all changes, those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion which cannot be moved and therefore abides forever. The ground of their security is that, even as Jerusalem is protected by the surrounding mountains, so the Lord is round about His people. (“Psalms 125” by H. Smith)
• But then (Psa. 125) trusting in the Lord is perfectly sure. A divine and almighty hand secures us. We know from many passages, the Lord may see good to let us suffer, but not a hair of our head shall perish. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 120-131” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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A Song of degrees. They that confide in Jehovah are as mount Zion, which cannot be moved; it abidethe for ever.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "they cannot be moved, they abide."