Psalms 125:3 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

• Psalms 125:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  For the rod of the wicked - Margin, as in Hebrew, “wickedness.” The word “rod” - the staff, the scepter, the instrument of inflicting punishment - here means dominion, power, that condition in wh...

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• Psalms 125:3 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  For the (b) rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity. (b) Though God permits his to be under the cross lest they embrace...

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• Psalms 125:3 - 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.

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• Psalms 125:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  For . Surely. rod, or cudgel. the wicked . the wicked (or lawless) one. Hebrew. rasha, App-44. Here the reference is to Sennacherib ( Isaiah 30:31 ), but it looks forward to 2 Thessalonians...

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• Psalms 125:3 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  3. For the scepter of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the just. This is, as it were, a correction of the preceding sentence. The Psalmist had said that the hand of God was extended...

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• Psalms 125:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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

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• Psalms 125:3 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  For the rod— That is, the power of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot or portion; i.e. the country of the righteous; that the righteous, &c. The meaning seems to be, that if their enemies...

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• Psalms 125:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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

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• Psalms 125:3 - 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 .

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• Psalms 125:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Rod. — The imagery of this unusually long verse is peculiar. The “rod of the wicked,” or “of wickedness,” is the heathen sceptre, and the righteous are the Israelites who hold fast to the religio...

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• Psalms 125:3 - 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...

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• Psalms 125:3 - 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...

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• Psalms 125:3 - 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...

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• Psalms 125:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  This is a precious scripture to prove how the Lord watcheth over his people for good, and by his preventing and restraining grace knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptation, 2 Peter 2:9 .

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• Psalms 125:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous ,.... Which, according to Kimchi, is Jerusalem; but Aben Ezra interprets it of the Israelites that inherit the land. And, the p...

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• Psalms 125:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity. Ver. 3. For the rod of the wicked shall not rest ] Fall upon the lot...

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• Psalms 125:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  For the rod of the wicked Their power and authority; shall not rest Not continue long; upon the lot of the righteous Upon the habitation and persons of good men. Lest the righteous put forth t...

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• Psalms 125:3 - 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...

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• Psalms 125:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  The rod of the wicked; the power and authority of cruel tyrants. Shall not rest; not continue for ever, nor too long. Upon the lot of the righteous; upon the habitations and persons of good men...

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• Psalms 125:3 - 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...

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• Psalms 125:3 - 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. I noticed, in one of the reports of the survey of Palestine, that it is said that...

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• Psalms 125:3 - 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...

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• Psalms 125:3 - 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....

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• Psalms 125:3 - 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...

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• Psalms 125:3 - 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...

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• Psalms 125:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Corinthians 10:13 ; Isaiah 10:5 ; Isaiah 14:5 ; Isaiah 14:6 ; Isaiah 27:8 ; Proverbs 22:8 ; Psalms 103:14 ; Psalms 103:9 ; Revelation 2:10

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• Psalms 125:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  The rod — Their power and authority. Not rest — Not continue long. The lot — Upon the habitations and persons of good men. Lest — Lest they should be driven to indirect courses to relieve themselve...

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