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Verse Psalms 125:2. _AS THE MOUNTAINS_ ARE _ROUND ABOUT JERUSALEM_]
Jerusalem, according to _Sandys_, was situated on a rocky mountain
every way to be ascended, except a little on the north, with ste...
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AS THE MOUNTAINS ARE ROUND ABOUT JERUSALEM - Hebrew, “Jerusalem -
the mountains are round about her.” Jerusalem, except on the north,
is encompassed with hills or mountains, so that although the city...
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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...
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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....
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DISCOURSE: 717
TRUST IN THE LORD
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 L...
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AS THE MOUNTAINS ARE ROUND, &C.— This allusion to the situation of
Jerusalem expresses very properly the divine protection, which
defended them on every side from the outrages and insults of their
ene...
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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...
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As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the LORD is round
about his people from henceforth even for ever.
(AS) THE MOUNTAINS (ARE) ROUND ABOUT JERUSALEM, SO THE LORD IS ROUND
ABOUT HIS PEOPL...
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AS THE MOUNTAINS. — In the first verse, the _stability_ of the
faithful is compared to that of Mount Zion; here their _security_ to
that of the city girt by its hills. (On the geographical reference,...
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יְֽרוּשָׁלִַ֗ם הָרִים֮ סָבִ֪יב לָ֥הּ
וַ֭ יהוָה...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_Shall. Or "did;" (Calmet) though the future is here well employed.
(Berthier) --- The prophet uses both tenses, shewing the certainty of
the event. (Worthington) --- It would require some time before...
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The sacred writers all delight in using strong images and figures, by
which to represent divine things: as in this instance, God's covenant
engagements in Christ are compared to strong mountains, the...
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_GOD’S ENCOMPASSING_
‘The Lord is round about His people.’
Psalms 125:2
I. IT IS A BEAUTIFUL CONCEPTION.—Around the chosen city the
mountains stand like sentinels, leaving no part without its barri...
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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....
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AS THE MOUNTAINS [ARE] ROUND ABOUT JERUSALEM,.... There was Mount Zion
on the side of the north, and the mount of Olives on the east, and
other mountains on the other sides of it; so that it was encom...
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As the mountains [are] round about Jerusalem, so the LORD [is] round
about his people from henceforth even for ever.
Ver. 2. _As the mountains are round about Jerusalem_] That is, say
some, as the an...
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_As the mountains are round about Jerusalem_ Defending it, not only
from stormy winds and tempests, the force of which these mountains
broke, but from the assaults of its enemies. And such a defence i...
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JEHOVAH A SURE DEFENSE AGAINST APOSTASY.
A song of degrees, setting forth the manner in which God honors the
trust of His people, both by protecting them and by leaving the
hypocrites to the doom of...
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As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, the entire chain of
mountains upon several of whose summits the capital was located, SO
THE LORD IS ROUND ABOUT HIS PEOPLE FROM HENCEFORTH EVEN FOREVER, a
w...
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1-3 All those minds shall be truly stayed, that are stayed on God.
They shall be as Mount Zion, firm as it is; a mountain supported by
providence, much more as a holy mountain supported by promise. T...
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AS THE MOUNTAINS ARE ROUND ABOUT JERUSALEM; by which it was defended
both from stormy winds and from the assaults of its enemies....
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Psalms 125:2 mountains H2022 surround H5439 Jerusalem H3389 LORD H3068
surrounds H5439 people H5971 forever H5704 H5769
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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...
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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...
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Psalms 125:1. _They that trust in the LORD shall be as mount Zion,
which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever._
I noticed, in one of the reports of the survey of Palestine, that it
is said that, a...
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Psalms 125:1. _They that trust in the LORD shall be as mount Zion,
which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever._
Various conquerors have destroyed the buildings upon Mount Zion, but
the mountain it...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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_So the Lord is round about His people._
THE DIVINE PROTECTION
The 125th Psalm is of the returning exiles. They are only about fifty
thousand. They have made the difficult journey across the desert
s...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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Deuteronomy 33:27; Isaiah 4:5; John 10:28; John 10:29; Lamentations