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Psalms 125

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1They that trust in Jehovah Are as mount Zion, which cannot be moved, but abideth for ever.

2As 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.

5But as for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, Jehovah will lead them forth with the workers of iniquity. Peace be upon Israel.

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Parallel translations · Psalms 125:1

WEB · World English Bible (2000)

They that trust in Jehovah Are as mount Zion, which cannot be moved, but abideth for ever.

KJV · King James Version (1611)

They that trust in the Lord shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever.

ASV · American Standard Version (1901)

They that trust in Jehovah Are as mount Zion, which cannot be moved, but abideth for ever.

BBE · Bible in Basic English (1949)

Those whose hope is in the Lord are like the mountain of Zion, which may not be moved, but keeps its place for ever.

YLT · Young's Literal Translation (1862)

A Song of the Ascents. Those trusting in Jehovah <FI>are<Fi> as Mount Zion, It is not moved--to the age it abideth.

DRA · Douay-Rheims (Challoner) (1752)

A gradual canticle. When the Lord brought back the captivity of Sion, we became like men comforted.

DBY · Darby Bible (1890)

They that confide in Jehovah are as mount Zion, which cannot be moved; it abideth for ever.

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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — verses that illuminate Psalms 125:1.

Isaiah 12:6
Cry aloud and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion; for great in the midst of thee is the Holy One of Israel.
Psalms 122:1
I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go unto the house of Jehovah.
Revelation 14:1
And I saw, and behold, the Lamb standing on the mount Zion, and with him a hundred and forty and four thousand, having his name, and the name of his Father, written on their foreheads.
Isaiah 52:1
Awake, 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.
Ephesians 1:12
to the end that we should be unto the praise of his glory, we who had before hoped in Christ:
Obadiah 1:21
And saviours shall come up on mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau; and the kingdom shall be Jehovah’s.

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This noun refers to a natural elevation, larger than a hill, that rises high above the surrounding land, sometimes used figuratively.

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To be good, pleasing, or beneficial in a general sense, encompassing moral, aesthetic, and functional excellence.

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