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I. THE SECURITY OF THE GOOD ENSURED (vers. 1-3). The good are "they that trust in the Lord." Such are —

1. Firmly established (ver. 1).

2. Safely guarded (ver. 2). (Isaiah 54:10; Zechariah 2:4-15).

3. Ultimately delivered (ver. 3).Rod here means sceptre, and the "lot of the righteous" the land of promise. The generic idea is that the power of the wicked shall not always extend to the good; one day the community of the good shall be out of the dominion of wickedness for ever and ever. "He shall bruise Satan under our feet."

II. THE PROSPERITY OF THE GOOD INVOKED (vers. 4, 5).

1. The invocation specifies the character of the good (ver. 4). "To be good" is to be "upright in heart," and to be "upright in heart" is to be right in our loves, our aims, and activities. The "goody" are common, the good are rare.

2. The invocation pictures the character, and foretells the doom of the wicked (ver. 5). (Judges 5:6; Psalm 58:8; Psalm 109:23; Matthew 7:22; Matthew 24:51.)

(Homilist.)

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KJV: {A Song of degrees.} They that trust in the LORD shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever.

WEB: Those who trust in Yahweh are as Mount Zion, which can't be moved, but remains forever.