Psalms 125:2 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the LORD is round about his people from henceforth even for ever. ”

Psalms 125:2 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

As the mountains are round about Jerusalem - Hebrew, “Jerusalem - the mountains are round about her.” Jerusalem, except on the north, is encompassed with hills or mountains, so that although the...
Psalms 125:2 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

CXXV. Yahweh's Protective Care of Israel. Yahweh will not allow heathen to rule over Israel, because this would tempt Jews to please their masters by adopting heathen usages.
Psalms 125:2 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 717 TRUST IN THE LORD Psalms 125:1-2 . They that trust in the Lord shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever. As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, s...
Psalms 125:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the LORD is round about his people from henceforth even for ever. As the mountains are round about Jerusalem - Jerusalem, according to Sandys, was...
Psalms 125:2 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

As the mountains are round, &c.— This allusion to the situation of Jerusalem expresses very properly the divine protection, which defended them on every side from the outrages and insults of th...
Psalms 125:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the LORD is round about his people from henceforth even for ever. (As) the mountains (are) round about Jerusalem, so the Lord is round about his...
Psalms 125:2 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jehovah is the bulwark of Israel, but evildoers shall perish. Evidently the nation is under foreign rule: cp. Psalms 125:3 .
Psalms 125:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

As the mountains. — In the first verse, the stability of the faithful is compared to that of Mount Zion; here their security to that of the city girt by its hills. (On the geographical referenc...
Psalms 125:2 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 125:1-5 THE references to the topography of Jerusalem in Psalms 125:1-2 do not absolutely require, though they recommend, the supposition, already mentioned. that this psalm completes a t...
Psalms 125:2 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Christian's Fortress Psalms 124:1-8 ; Psalms 125:1-5 Here are three instances of escaped peril. In Psalms 124:3 is an allusion to Korah and his company; see Numbers 16:32-33 . Why are w...
Psalms 125:2 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The pilgrims catch the first glimpse of the city toward which their faces are set. The journey is not ended, but from some vantage ground there in the distance is seen the home of the heart. It is fo...
Psalms 125:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The sacred writers all delight in using strong images and figures, by which to represent divine things: as in this instance, God's covenant engagements in Christ are compared to strong mountains, the...
Psalms 125:2 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

GOD’S ENCOMPASSING ‘The Lord is round about His people.’ Psalms 125:2 I. It is a beautiful conception. —Around the chosen city the mountains stand like sentinels, leaving no part without its...
Psalms 125:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

As the mountains [are] round about Jerusalem ,.... There was Mount Zion on the side of the north, and the mount of Olives on the east, and other mountains on the other sides of it; so that it was en...
Psalms 125:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

As the mountains [are] round about Jerusalem, so the LORD [is] round about his people from henceforth even for ever. Ver. 2. As the mountains are round about Jerusalem ] That is, say some, as the...
Psalms 125:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

As the mountains are round about Jerusalem Defending it, not only from stormy winds and tempests, the force of which these mountains broke, but from the assaults of its enemies. And such a defence...
Psalms 125:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Security of God's People. A song of degrees. 1 They that trust in the L ORD shall be as mount Zion, which c...
Psalms 125:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

As the mountains are round about Jerusalem; by which it was defended both from stormy winds and from the assaults of its enemies.
Psalms 125:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION This Psalm belongs most probably to the times after the Captivity, and has been applied, with apparent propriety, to the opposition which Sanballat the Horonite, Geshem the Arabian, and...
Psalms 125:2 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 125:1 . They that trust in the LORD shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever. Various conquerors have destroyed the buildings upon Mount Zion, but the mountain...
Psalms 125:2 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 125:2 . As the mountains are round about Jerusalem. See the map, where seven hills are laid down, and others rise at a distance. These hills suggested the idea of divine protection. REFL...
Psalms 125:2 - The Biblical Illustrator

They that trust in the Lord shall be as Mount Zion. Trustfulness I. Trustfulness in its supreme object: “The Lord” ( Jeremiah 17:5-8 ). II. Trustfulness securing inestimable blessings. 1....
Psalms 125:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION This a psalm, mainly, of comfort; but with comfort, prayer ( Psalms 125:4 ) and threatening ( Psalms 125:5 ) are blended. God's people are always under God's protection. He will alway...
Psalms 125:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jehovah a Sure Defense against Apostasy. A song of degrees, setting forth the manner in which God honors the trust of His people, both by protecting them and by leaving the hypocrites to the doom...
Psalms 125:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 33:27 ; Isaiah 4:5 ; John 10:28 ; John 10:29 ; Lamentations 4:12 ; Psalms 34:7 ; Zechariah 2:5

Psalms 125:2 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 125:2 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 125:2 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Psalms 125:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 125:2 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Psalms 125:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 125:2 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 125:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 125:2 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 125:2 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 125:2 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 125:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 125:2 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 125:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 125:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 125:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 125:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 125:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 125:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 125:2 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 125:2 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 125:2 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 125:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 125:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 125:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge