Psalm 125:2
New International Version
As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the LORD surrounds his people both now and forevermore.

New Living Translation
Just as the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the LORD surrounds his people, both now and forever.

English Standard Version
As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the LORD surrounds his people, from this time forth and forevermore.

Berean Standard Bible
As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the LORD surrounds His people, both now and forevermore.

King James Bible
As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the LORD is round about his people from henceforth even for ever.

New King James Version
As the mountains surround Jerusalem, So the LORD surrounds His people From this time forth and forever.

New American Standard Bible
As the mountains surround Jerusalem, So the LORD surrounds His people From this time and forever.

NASB 1995
As the mountains surround Jerusalem, So the LORD surrounds His people From this time forth and forever.

NASB 1977
As the mountains surround Jerusalem, So the LORD surrounds His people From this time forth and forever.

Legacy Standard Bible
As the mountains surround Jerusalem, So Yahweh surrounds His people From now until forever.

Amplified Bible
As the mountains surround Jerusalem, So the LORD surrounds His people From this time forth and forever.

Christian Standard Bible
The mountains surround Jerusalem and the LORD surrounds his people, both now and forever.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Jerusalem—the mountains surround her. And the LORD surrounds His people, both now and forever.

American Standard Version
As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, So Jehovah is round about his people From this time forth and for evermore.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Jerusalem, the mountains surround her, and LORD JEHOVAH surrounds his people from now and unto eternity!

Brenton Septuagint Translation
The mountains are round about her, and so the Lord is round about his people, from henceforth and even for ever.

Contemporary English Version
Just as Jerusalem is protected by mountains on every side, the LORD protects his people by holding them in his arms now and forever.

Douay-Rheims Bible
in Jerusalem. Mountains are round about it: so the Lord is round about his people from henceforth now and for ever.

English Revised Version
As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the LORD is round about his people, from this time forth and for evermore.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
[As] the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the LORD surrounds his people now and forever.

Good News Translation
As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the LORD surrounds his people, now and forever.

International Standard Version
Just as mountains encircle Jerusalem, so the LORD encircles his people, from now to eternity.

JPS Tanakh 1917
As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, So the LORD is round about His people, From this time forth and for ever.

Literal Standard Version
Jerusalem! Mountains [are] around her, | And YHWH [is] around His people, | From now on—even for all time.

Majority Standard Bible
As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the LORD surrounds His people, both now and forevermore.

New American Bible
As mountains surround Jerusalem, the LORD surrounds his people both now and forever.

NET Bible
As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the LORD surrounds his people, now and forevermore.

New Revised Standard Version
As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the LORD surrounds his people, from this time on and forevermore.

New Heart English Bible
As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the LORD surrounds his people from this time forth and forevermore.

Webster's Bible Translation
As the mountains are round Jerusalem, so the LORD is around his people from henceforth even for ever.

World English Bible
As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so Yahweh surrounds his people from this time forward and forever more.

Young's Literal Translation
Jerusalem! mountains are round about her, And Jehovah is round about His people, From henceforth even unto the age.

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Audio Bible



Context
The LORD Surrounds His People
1A song of ascents. Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion. It cannot be moved; it abides forever. 2As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the LORD surrounds His people, both now and forevermore. 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.…

Cross References
Psalm 121:8
The LORD will watch over your coming and going, both now and forevermore.

Psalm 139:5
You hem me in behind and before; You have laid Your hand upon me.

Isaiah 22:1
This is the burden against the Valley of Vision: What ails you now, that you have all gone up to the rooftops,

Isaiah 33:20
Look upon Zion, the city of our appointed feasts. Your eyes will see Jerusalem, a peaceful pasture, a tent that does not wander; its tent pegs will not be pulled up, nor will any of its cords be broken.

Jeremiah 21:13
Behold, I am against you who dwell above the valley, atop the rocky plateau--declares the LORD--you who say, "Who can come against us? Who can enter our dwellings?"

Ezekiel 21:20
Mark out one road for the sword to come against Rabbah of the Ammonites, and another against Judah into fortified Jerusalem.

Zechariah 2:5
For I will be a wall of fire around it, declares the LORD, and I will be the glory within it.'"


Treasury of Scripture

As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the LORD is round about his people from now on even for ever.

as the mountains

Lamentations 4:12
The kings of the earth, and all the inhabitants of the world, would not have believed that the adversary and the enemy should have entered into the gates of Jerusalem.

the Lord

Psalm 34:7
The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them.

Deuteronomy 33:27
The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms: and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; and shall say, Destroy them.

Isaiah 4:5
And the LORD will create upon every dwelling place of mount Zion, and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night: for upon all the glory shall be a defence.

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Psalm 125
1. The safety of such as trust in God
4. A prayer for the godly, and against the wicked














(2) As the mountains.--In the first verse, the stability of the faithful is compared to that of Mount Zion; here their security to that of the city girt by its hills. (On the geographical reference, see Dean Stanley, S. and P., pp. 174, 175.) Robinson's description is--"The sacred city lies upon the broad and high mountain range, which is shut in by the two valleys, Jehoshaphat and Hinnom. All the surrounding hills are higher: in the east, the Mount of Olives; on the south, the so-called Hill of Evil Counsel, which ascends from the valley of Hinnom; on the west, the ground rises gently to the border of the great wadi, as described above; while on the north the bend of a ridge which adjoins the Mount of Olives limits the view to the distance of about a mile and a half." In Zechariah 2:4-5, the protecting care of Jehovah is likened to a wall round the city, instead of to the rampart of mountains, as here.

Verse 2. - As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the Lord is round about his people. This is the true cause of his people's stability, which is like that of his holy mountain. The ubiquitous God stands round about his people, and protects them on every side. The mountains that am "round about Jerusalem" are, on the east, the Mount of Olives; on the south, the Hill of Evil Counsel; on the west, the ridge beyond the valley of Jehoshaphat; and on the north, the high ground about Scopas. All these are higher than the platform upon which the city is built. From henceforth even forever. Always round about his true people, though he may have to forsake those who have first forsaken him.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
As the mountains
הָרִים֮ (hā·rîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 2022: Mountain, hill, hill country

surround
סָבִ֪יב (sā·ḇîḇ)
Adverb
Strong's 5439: A circle, neighbour, environs, around

Jerusalem,
יְֽרוּשָׁלִַ֗ם (yə·rū·šā·lim)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 3389: Jerusalem -- probably 'foundation of peace', capital city of all Israel

so the LORD
וַ֭יהוָה (Yah·weh)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

surrounds
סָבִ֣יב (sā·ḇîḇ)
Adverb
Strong's 5439: A circle, neighbour, environs, around

His people,
לְעַמּ֑וֹ (lə·‘am·mōw)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock

both now
מֵ֝עַתָּ֗ה (mê·‘at·tāh)
Preposition-m | Adverb
Strong's 6258: At this time

and forevermore.
וְעַד־ (wə·‘aḏ-)
Conjunctive waw | Preposition
Strong's 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while


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