Psalms 125:3

Psalms chapter 125 · verse 3 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

World English Bible · 2000

For the sceptre of wickedness shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; That the righteous put not forth their hands unto iniquity.

King James Version · 1611

For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity.

American Standard Version · 1901

For the sceptre of wickedness shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; That the righteous put not forth their hands unto iniquity.

v.2As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, So Jehovah is round about his people From this time forth and for evermore.

v.3This passage

v.4Do good, O Jehovah, unto those that are good, And to them that are upright in their hearts.

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Isaiah 27:8
In measure, when thou sendest them away, thou dost contend with them; he hath removed them with his rough blast in the day of the east wind.
Proverbs 22:8
He that soweth iniquity shall reap calamity; And the rod of his wrath shall fail.
Revelation 2:10
Fear not the things which thou art about to suffer: behold, the devil is about to cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days. Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee the crown of life.
1 Samuel 24:10
Behold, this day thine eyes have seen how that Jehovah had delivered thee to-day into my hand in the cave: and some bade me kill thee; but mine eye spared thee; and I said, I will not put forth my hand against my lord; for he is Jehovah’s anointed.
Psalms 103:14
For he knoweth our frame; He remembereth that we are dust.
Psalms 89:22
The enemy shall not exact from him, Nor the son of wickedness afflict him.