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Psalms 125:4

Do good, O Lord, unto those that be good and to them that are upright in their hearts, who are not given to hypocrisy and have not turned aside under the stress of temptation.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Psalms 125:4. _DO GOOD, O LORD, UNTO_ THOSE THAT BE _GOOD_] Let the upright ever find thee his sure defence! Increase the goodness which thou hast already bestowed upon them; and let all who are...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    DO GOOD, O LORD, UNTO THOSE THAT BE GOOD ... - To the good; to the pious. Let them be under the divine protection. Possibly this is not merely a prayer, but is expressive of the belief of the psalmist...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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 celebrat...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    CXXV. YAHWEH'S PROTECTIVE CARE OF ISRAEL. Yahweh will not allow heathen to rule over Israel, because this would tempt Jews to please their masters by adopting heathen usages....

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    DISCOURSE: 718 THE UPRIGHT AND APOSTATES CONTRASTED Psalms 125:4. _Do good, O Lord, unto those that be good, and to them that are upright in their hearts. As for such as turn aside unto their crooked...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    PSALMS 125 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE Trust in Jehovah Encouraged in Presence of the Invader. ANALYSIS Stanza I., Psalms 125:1-2, Jerusalem Safe under Jehovah's Protection. Stanza II., Psalms 125:3, The Sce...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    Do good, O LORD, unto those that be good, and to them that are upright in their hearts. DO GOOD, O LORD, UNTO (THOSE THAT BE) GOOD. The confident trust expressed in Psalms 125:1 is the ground on w...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    Jehovah is the bulwark of Israel, but evildoers shall perish. Evidently the nation is under foreign rule: cp. Psalms 125:3....

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    הֵיטִ֣יבָה יְ֭הוָה לַ † טֹּובִ֑ים וְ֝ לִֽ...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    Psalms 125:1 THE references to the topography of Jerusalem in Psalms 125:1 do not absolutely require, though they recommend, the supposition, already mentioned. that this psalm completes a triad which...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

      THE CHRISTIAN'S FORTRESS Psalms 124:1-8; Psalms 125:1-5 Here are three instances of escaped peril. In Psalms 124:3 is an allusion to Korah and his company; see Numbers 16:32-33. Why are we spared...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    The pilgrims catch the first glimpse of the city toward which their faces are set. The journey is not ended, but from some vantage ground there in the distance is seen the home of the heart. It is fou...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    South. As the Egyptians hope for the overflowing of the Nile; (Hammond) or as the south wind melts the snow, so as to make the Jordan overflow its banks. (Theodoret) --- The return of our brethren wil...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    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...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    4._Do good, O Jehovah to the good. _The Prophet has already promised to all the faithful the seasonable help of God; but still he has recourse to prayer, and that not without cause; for although faith...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    Psalms 125. The position of those who trust in Jehovah is celebrated, in virtue of this intervention of Jehovah, who would now protect them for ever, and they abide for ever. Peace would be on Israel....

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    DO GOOD, O LORD, UNTO [THOSE THAT BE] GOOD,.... That are made so by the Spirit and grace of God; for none are naturally good, but evil; only such who are regenerated and made new creatures, who have a...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Do good, O LORD, unto [those that be] good, and [to them that are] upright in their hearts. Ver. 4. _Do good, O Lord, unto those that be good_] But afflicted by those men of thy hand, Psalms 17:14, w...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Do good unto those that be good_ As thou hast promised to keep thy people from evil, (Psalms 125:3,) be pleased, also, to vouchsafe unto them those blessings which will be good for them. Deal well wi...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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,...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    As thou hast promised to keep thy people from evil, PSALMS 125:3, be pleased also to vouchsafe unto them those blessings which are good for them. Or thus, having declared God's tender care of his peop...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Psalms 125:4 good H2895 (H8685) LORD H3068 good H2896 upright H3477 hearts H3826 Do good -...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Psalms 125:1. _They that trust in the Lord shall be as Mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever. As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the LORD is round about his people from...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Psalms 125:1. _They that trust in the LORD shall be us mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever._ What comfort there is in this verse to all who trust in the Lord! We never expect to...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: The security of God's people because of His promises, and the jeopardy of the wicked. CHARACTERS: God, Israel. CONCLUSION: There is no gap in the hedge of God's protection which He makes r...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Psalms 125:2. _As the mountains are round about Jerusalem._ See the map, where seven hills are laid down, and others rise at a distance. These hills suggested the idea of divine protection. REFLECTI...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _They that trust in the Lord shall be as Mount Zion._ TRUSTFULNESS I. Trustfulness in its supreme object: “The Lord” (Jeremiah 17:5). II. Trustfulness securing inestimable blessings. 1. Stability...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Do good, O Lord, unto those that be good._ --Two principles may be deduced from this prayer. 1. If you desire good, you must first be good. “Do good, O Lord, unto those that be good.” It is generall...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 125:1. This psalm assures the Lord’s people that remaining loyal to him really is worthwhile. It is possible that some of Zion’s citizens might become unfaithful, but the Lo...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 125:4 The Lord really does reward the faithful (v. Psalms 125:4), and he really does remove the unfaithful (v....

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    INTRODUCTION This Psalm belongs most probably to the times after the Captivity, and has been applied, with apparent propriety, to the opposition which Sanballat the Horonite, Geshem the Arabian, and T...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION This a psalm, mainly, of comfort; but with comfort, prayer (Psalms 125:4) and threatening (Psalms 125:5) are blended. God's people are always under God's protection. He will always "be goo...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    We're still ascending towards Jerusalem. They that trust in the LORD shall be as mount Zion (Psalms 125:1), The mount upon which Jerusalem was built. which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever ...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 John 3:17; Hebrews 6:10; Isaiah 58:10; Isaiah 58:11; John 1:47;...

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