Psalm 125:5 NLT,NIV,ESV

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Psalms 125:1-5

Bible Mountains Psalms 125:2 Are there many mountains mentioned in the Bible? Are they lumped under one generalization? They are not so massed, they are spoken of in detail, as if each were almost a living thing or a living church or pillars of some vaster edifice. May we not bring them usefully into the whole action of our daily life and service and suffering? Some mountains are red with blood, some soft with dew, but both the hills were set up by Him Who buildeth all things. I. Who can... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Psalms 125:1-5

Psalms 125:1-5THE references to the topography of Jerusalem in Psalms 125:1-2 do not absolutely require, though they recommend, the supposition, already mentioned. that this psalm completes a triad which covers the experience of the restored Israel from the time just prior to its deliverance up till the period of its return to Jerusalem. The strength of the city perched on its rocky peninsula, and surrounded by guardian heights, would be the more impressive to eyes accustomed to the plains of... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Psalms 125:1-5

Psalm 120-134 The Psalms of Degrees Fifteen brief Psalms follow, called songs of degrees, or, ascents. They were in all probability used by Israel going up to Jerusalem three times a year to celebrate the feasts of the Lord--”Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, a testimony for Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the LORD.” They are indeed Psalms of “the goings-up” for we rise higher and higher as we read through them. Prophetically they give us again the steps from trial and... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Psalms 125:5

125:5 {c} As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, the LORD shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity: [but] peace [shall be] upon Israel.(c) He desires God to purge his Church from hypocrites and such as have no zeal for the truth. read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Psalms 125:1-5

This group is differentiated by the title attached to each: “A Song of Degrees” or “A Song of Ascents.” The title seems derived from the going up of the people to Jerusalem at the great festivals which came three times a year. (Compare Deuteronomy 16:16 ; 1 Kings 12:27-28 , etc.); the thought being that they chanted the psalms at different stages in their journey. The pertinency of this application of these psalms is more apparent in some than others. For example, Psalms 121:0 represents the... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Psalms 125:4-5

The prayer of the faithful, and the prospect of the ruin of the ungodly, are strikingly blended in one view. The same scripture that promiseth to feed his people, declares that their enemies shall be hungry. See a string of rich and blessed promises to this amount, Isaiah 65:13-15 . read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Psalms 125:5

REFLECTIONS MY soul! contemplate in this Psalm the security of the Lord's people, and beg of thy gracious God to give thee, an everlasting, steady, and unshaken faith in him. Thou hast been sweetly taught, that there is nothing to be depended upon but Jesus: and having, through grace, made a covenant God in Christ thy portion; see to it, that He, the rock of ages, is thy rock, thy confidence, thy strong hold, and thine abiding place, for-ever. So that strengthened in his strength, and made... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Psalms 125:5

PSALM CXXV. (IN CONVERTENDO.) The people of God rejoice at their delivery from captivity. Joy. This was the case of the martyrs, &c., (Luke vi. 21., and John xvi. 20.) as well as of the captives, Jeremias xxxi. 9., Isaias lxvi. 10., and Baruch v. 6. (Calmet) --- Tribulation commonly attends the virtuous in this life. Their reward is reserved for the next. (St. Augustine) (Worthington) --- Sowing, we know not whether we shall ever reap. (Haydock) --- This is a sort of proverb, which is... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 125:4-5

4,5 God's promises should quicken our prayers. The way of holiness is straight; there are no windings or shiftings in it. But the ways of sinners are crooked. They shift from one purpose to another, and turn hither and thither to deceive; but disappointment and misery shall befal them. Those who cleave to the ways of God, though they may have trouble in their way, their end shall be peace. The pleading of their Saviour for them, secures to them the upholding power and preserving grace of their... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Psalms 125:1-5

Jehovah a Sure Defense against Apostasy. A song of degrees, setting forth the manner in which God honors the trust of His people, both by protecting them and by leaving the hypocrites to the doom of the wicked. v. 1. They that trust in the Lord shall be as Mount Zion, established as firmly as the mount of God's holy Church, which cannot be removed, but abideth forever, the gates of hell being unable to prevail against it, Matthew 16:18. v. 2. As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, the... read more