Psalms 125:3

For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous, that is, the scepter of wickedness, as an emblem of superior power, would not abide upon the inheritance of Israel, upon the Holy Land, and therefore also not upon the Church, lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity, namely, under the pressure brought to bear upon them by the tyrants, causing the believers finally to join the oppressors, in order to find relief, a situation which has been found all too often in the history of the Church.