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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 the ascents.{HR}In my trouble I called unto Jehovah,{HR}And he answered me. (Psa. 120:1)
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Psa. 121:1• 1A song of the ascents.{HR}I lift up mine eyes unto the mountains:{HR}Whence shall my help come? (Psa. 121:1)
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Psa. 122:1• 1A song of the ascents: of David.{HR}I was glad in [those] saying unto me,{HR}To Jehovah's house we will go. (Psa. 122:1)
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Psa. 123:1• 1A song of the ascents.{HR}Unto thee do I lift up mine eyes,{HR}O thou that dwellest in the heavens. (Psa. 123:1)
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Psa. 124:1• 1A song of the ascents: of David.{HR}If [it were] not Jehovah who was for us,{HR}Let now Israel say; (Psa. 124:1)
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Psa. 124•  (Psa. 124)
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that trust.
Psa. 27:1• 1Of David.{HR}Jehovah [is] my light and my salvation;{HR}Whom shall I fear?{HR}Jehovah is the fortress of my life;{HR}Of whom shall I be afraid? (Psa. 27:1)
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Psa. 25:2,8• 2My God, in thee have I trusted;{HR}Let me not be ashamed, let not mine enemies triumph over me.
 8Good and upright [is] Jehovah;{HR}Therefore he teacheth sinners in the way. (Psa. 25:2,8)
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Psa. 34:22• 22Jehovah redeemeth the soul of his servants,{HR}And all those who trust in him shall not incur guilt. (Psa. 34:22)
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Psa. 62:2,6• 2Only he [is] my rock and my salvation, my high place;{HR}I shall not be greatly moved.
 6Only he [is] my rock and my salvation,{HR}My high place;{HR}I shall not be moved. (Psa. 62:2,6)
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Psa. 118:8‑9• 8[It is] better to confide in Jehovah{HR}Than to trust in [the] man.
 9[It is] better to confide in Jehovah{HR}Than to trust in rulers. (Psa. 118:8‑9)
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Psa. 147:11• 11Jehovah taketh pleasure in those fearing him,{HR}In those hoping in his mercy. (Psa. 147:11)
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1 Chron. 5:20• 20{i}and 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.{/i} (1 Chron. 5:20)
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Prov. 3:5‑6• 5Trust in Jehovah with all thy heart,{HR}And lean not unto thine own discernment;
 6In all thy ways acknowledge him,{HR}And he shall make straight thy paths. (Prov. 3:5‑6)
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Jer. 17:7‑8• 7Blessed is the man that trusteth in Jehovah, and whose hope Jehovah is.
 8For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit. (Jer. 17:7‑8)
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Eph. 1:12‑13• 12in order that we should be unto [the] praise of his glory, that have fore-trusted in the Christ;
 13in whom ye also, having heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, in whom having also believed, ye were sealed by the Holy Spirit of promise, (Eph. 1:12‑13)
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1 Peter 1:21• 21that through him believe on God that raised him out of [the] dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God, (1 Peter 1:21)
be as mount.
Psa. 132:13‑14• 13For Jehovah hath chosen (in) Zion;{HR}He hath desired [it] for his dwelling:
 14This [is] my rest forever;{HR}Here will I dwell, for I have desired it. (Psa. 132:13‑14)
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Isa. 12:6• 6Cry out and shout, O inhabitress of Zion;{HR}For great in the midst of thee [is] the Holy One of Israel. (Isa. 12:6)
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Isa. 14:32• 32And what shall [one] answer the messengers of the nation? That Jehovah hath founded Zion, and in it the afflicted of his people find refuge. (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 forever, and my salvation unto all generations.
 11And 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 have 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, O 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 bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace, that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth!
 8The voice of thy watchmen! they lift up the voice, together do they sing; for they shall see eye to eye when Jehovah bringeth again Zion. (Isa. 52:1,7‑8)
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Obad. 21• 21And the 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• 2{i}And{/i} many nations shall come, 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 the law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of Jehovah from Jerusalem. (Mic. 4:2)
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Zech. 1:14,17• 14So the angel that communed with me said unto me, Cry thou, saying, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts; I am jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with a great jealousy.
 17Cry yet, saying, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts; my cities through prosperity shall yet be spread abroad; 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 the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty {i}and{/i} four thousand, having his name and his Father's name written on their foreheads. (Rev. 14:1)
but abideth.
Matt. 16:16‑18• 16{i}And Simon Peter answering said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.{/i}
 17{i}And 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.{/i}
 18{i}And 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.{/i} (Matt. 16:16‑18)
• 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)
• 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. (“Psalm 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. (“Psalm 125” by H. Smith)
• As the tribes near the land of Israel, the mountains around Jerusalem come into view. (“Book 5.” by B. Anstey)

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."

W. Kelly Translation

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A song of the ascents.{HR}Those confiding in Jehovah [are] as Mount Zion;{HR}It cannot be moved, it abideth forever.