Psalms 125

The stedfastness of them that trust in the Lord: A Prayer for the godly, and against the ungodly.

1. A Song Hammaaloth [See Psalms 120:1.] that trust in the LORD, are as the hill of Zion, (which) wavers not, (but) remaineth in eternity. [i.e. as long as the world endureth, Mal.7.24. and 16.18.]

2. There are hills round about Jerusalem: so is the LORD round about his people, from henceforth into Eternity:

3. For the Scepter [Or, rod, staff] of wickedness, shall not always rest upon [or over] the lot of the righteous: [the meaning of this verse is. The persecutions and wrongs, the power and domineering of evil and ungodly men, which are altogether given up to wickedness, and cannot endure the godly; they shall not always have the mastery over the honest ad godly party. God suffers his to be tried, for his honour, and their good, but he doth not utterly forsake them. By the Lot of the righteous is understood the possession, countries, dominions, of them that fear and honour God; as Josh.18.11. and 1 Pet.5.3.] left the righteous stretch forth their hands to wrong. [i.e. through impatience under a long continued trail or temptation, take hold of unlawful means of deliverance. See 1 Cor.10.13. and Psalm 37.on v.8.]

4. LORD do good unto the good, and to them that are upright in their hearts.

5. But them that encline to their crooked ways, [i.e. those which are not down-right, single-hearted, but double-minded; false, perverse] the LORD shall remove [i.e. destroy or punish them] with the workers of unrighteousness: [i.e. he shall hold them alike, and punish them as severely altogether, as those that practise their villanies openly] Peace [i.e. temporal and eternal happiness] shall be (or, be) over Israel. [i.e. over the People of God.]