Psalm 125 - New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

Psalm 125

The Security of God’s People

A Song of Ascents.

1 Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion,
which cannot be moved but abides forever.(A)
2 As the mountains surround Jerusalem,
so the Lord surrounds his people
from this time on and forevermore.(B)
3 For the scepter of wickedness shall not rest
on the land allotted to the righteous,
so that the righteous might not stretch out
their hands to do wrong.(C)
4 Do good, O Lord, to those who are good
and to those who are upright in their hearts.(D)
5 But those who turn aside to their own crooked ways,
the Lord will lead away with evildoers.
Peace be upon Israel!(E)

Cross references

  1. 125.1 : Ps 46.5
  2. 125.2 : Ps 121.8; Zech 2.5
  3. 125.3 : Ps 55.20; Prov 22.8; Isa 14.5
  4. 125.4 : Ps 7.10; 94.15; 119.68
  5. 125.5 : Ps 128.6; Prov 2.15