They that trust in the LORD shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever.
This 125th psalm forms a pair with Psalms 126:1-6. Psalms 125:1 may be regarded as the introduction to both. Ps
125.-The security of believers in Yahweh is like that of Zion, which abideth forever: as the mountains surround Jerusalem, so Yahweh surrounds His people: the pagan rod now upon Israel shall not always be so, lest the righteous be tempted to iniquity (Psalms 125:1-3); prayer therefore that Yahweh may do good to the good in Israel, whereas they who turn aside shall be given up to their crookedness (Psalms 125:4-5). This psalm, with Psalms 126:1-6 and David's psalm, Psalms 124:1-8, form a trilogy. Oppressed by pagan abominations in her land (Psalms 125:3), Israel comforts herself with realizing God's Almighty protection, suggested by the natural features of her home. Some of her people had turned aside (Psalms 125:5: cf. Nehemiah 6:12-13; Nehemiah 13:1-31), but the majority stood faithful.
They that trust in the Lord shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, (but) abideth forever - literally, 'sitteth forever.' It is strong faith which draws from the visible world (which usually draws the heart from unseen realities) supports for itself. Zion, the seen mountain, and the external seat of the Church, by its solid firmness typifies the immovable spiritual Zion-namely, "them that trust in the Lord," the members constituting the spiritual Church. The emphasis is not on their firmness of "trust," but on the object of their trust, "the Lord." They who have Yahweh for their object of trust can no more be moved by the attacks of man than the material mount Zion. (Psalms 46:5). The privilege is restricted to those of Israel who "trust in the Lord," "the righteous" (Psalms 125:3), "the upright" (Psalms 125:4), as contrasted with "such as turn aside unto their crooked ways." Even in the Old Testament there was a separation between the visible and the invisible Church (Romans 9:6).