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Psalms 125:1 open_in_new
Title. Same as Psalms 120. See App-67.
trust. confide. Hebrew. batah. App-69.
the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4. Shall be as mount Zion. Some codices, with one early printed edition and Syriac, read "are in Mount Zion". App-68. for ever. Note the Figure of speech. Epistrophe (App-6), the words being repeated at the end of the next line.
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Psalms 125:3 open_in_new
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 2:3; 2 Thessalonians 2:4.
rest upon. continue over,
lot. heritage (as allotted).
righteous. Plural: i.e. Hezekiah and the godly in Israel.
iniquity. Hebrew 'ava l. App-44.
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Psalms 125:5 open_in_new
iniquity. Hebrew 'ava l. App-44.