Psalms 125
A psalm of security for those who trust in the Lord.
Psalm 125 pictures the person who trusts in the LORD as immovable "as mount Zion," and describes God surrounding His people the way mountains ring Jerusalem. It builds directly on the trust of Psalms 124, moving from a testimony of past rescue to a settled confidence about the future.
> Those who trust in Yahweh are as Mount Zion, Which can't be moved, but remains forever.
As the mountains surround Jerusalem, So Yahweh surrounds his people from this time forth and forevermore.
For the scepter of wickedness won't remain over the allotment of the righteous; So that the righteous won't use their hands to do evil.
Do good, Yahweh, to those who are good, To those who are upright in their hearts.
But as for those who turn aside to their crooked ways, Yahweh will lead them away with the workers of iniquity. Peace be on Israel.