Psalms 125 - Introduction

The confidence of Jehovah's faithful people is unshakable, and His guardianship of them unceasing: He will not suffer them to be the victims of oppression longer than they can bear it (Psalms 125:1-3). A prayer for the loyal-hearted, and a solemn warning of the fate of disloyal renegades, conclude the Psalm (Psalms 125:4-5). This Psalm may with great probability be dated a little later in Nehemiah's life than the preceding Psalm. The walls of Jerusalem, it may be supposed, have been successfully restored; Jehovah has given His people an assurance that the tyranny which had dismantled Jerusalem, and almost crushed the life out of the little community of returned exiles (see Nehemiah 1:3 and Ryle's note) shall not be perpetual: loyal-hearted Israelites have everything to hope; but the disloyal party, which was still endeavouring to thwart Nehemiah's efforts, and was in secret correspondence with Tobiah, will eventually meet the fate which it deserves. The whole of Nehemiah 6 should be studied in connexion with this Psalm.