Psalm 125
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Psalms 125— Hebrew word study · with the Hebrew tradition
How to read a word below: the Hebrewword, then how it sounds, then what it means, then its number in Strong’s concordance, which is the key every lexicon and concordance uses (H for Hebrew and Aramaic, G for Greek). Square brackets hold a word the English supplies that the Hebrew does not, angle brackets name a word that does a grammatical job rather than carrying a meaning, and the mark ס or פ is where the Hebrew manuscripts end a paragraph.
1Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion. It cannot be moved; it abides forever.
Rashi on Psalms 125:1
Those who trust in the Lord will not falter, like Mount Zion, which will not falter, for just as Jerusalem is surrounded by mountains, so is the Holy One, blessed be He, around His people.
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2As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the LORD surrounds His people, both now and forevermore.
Radak on Psalms 125:2
Jerusalem – Even though mountains surround her she lacks strength and the nations rule over her, conquering her one from another. And she will not have strength until the people of the Lord are within her, because then He will surround His people.
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3For the scepter of the wicked will not rest upon the land allotted to the righteous, so that the righteous will not put forth their hands to injustice.
Rashi on Psalms 125:3
For the rod of wickedness will not rest on the lot of the righteous For the Holy One, blessed be He, will not allow the rule of the wicked to rest on the righteous because the righteous are careful not to stretch out their hand in wrongdoing.
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4Do good, O LORD, to those who are good, and to the upright in heart.
5But those who turn to crooked ways the LORD will banish with the evildoers. Peace be upon Israel.
Rashi on Psalms 125:5
and those who turn their crooked ways on the people to find wicked accusationsmay the Lord lead them away with the workers of iniquity.
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