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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 125:3

Rod. — The imagery of this unusually long verse is peculiar. The “rod of the wicked,” or “of wickedness,” is the heathen sceptre, and the righteous are the Israelites who hold fast to the religion of their fathers. This sceptre now rests — a word expressing the presence of tyranny — upon the Holy Land; but this is not for a continuance. God will not suffer the tyranny to last, lest the righteous should be seduced or forced into connivance with practices which religion unites with patriotism to condemn.

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See also Psalms 125:3 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Psalms 125:3. _FOR THE ROD OF THE WICKED SHALL NOT REST UPON THE LOT_ _OF THE RIGHTEOUS_] Rod, here. may be taken for _persecution_, or for _rule_; and then it may be thus interpreted: "The wic...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    FOR THE ROD OF THE WICKED - Margin, as in Hebrew, “wickedness.” The word “rod” - the staff, the scepter, the instrument of inflicting punishment - here means dominion, power, that condition in which t...

  • 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....

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    FOR. Surely. ROD, or cudgel. THE WICKED. the wicked (or lawless) one. Hebrew. _rasha,_ App-44. Here the reference is to Sennacherib (Isaiah 30:31), but it looks forward to 2 Thessalonians 2:3;...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    FOR THE ROD— That is, _the power of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot or portion; i.e. the country of the righteous; that the righteous,_ &c. The meaning seems to be, that if their enemies had ga...

  • 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

    For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity. FOR THE ROD OF THE WICKED SHALL NOT REST UPON THE LOT OF THE RIGHTEOU...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    125:3 sceptre (f-3) Or 'rod.'...

  • 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....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE ROD OF THE WICKED] RV 'the sceptre of wickedness,' i.e. heathen dominion shall be broken off lest in despair the righteous be tempted to turn aside to sinful practices. 5. Those who hesitate betwe...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    כִּ֤י לֹ֪א יָנ֡וּחַ שֵׁ֤בֶט הָ רֶ֗שַׁע עַל֮

  • 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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    For the (b) rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity. (b) Though God permits his to be under the cross lest they embrace...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    This is a precious scripture to prove how the Lord watcheth over his people for good, and by his preventing and restraining grace knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptation, 2 Peter 2:9....

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    3._For the scepter of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the just. _This is, as it were, a correction of the preceding sentence. The Psalmist had said that the hand of God was extended on all s...

  • 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

    FOR THE ROD OF THE WICKED SHALL NOT REST UPON THE LOT OF THE RIGHTEOUS,.... Which, according to Kimchi, is Jerusalem; but Aben Ezra interprets it of the Israelites that inherit the land. And, the peop...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity. Ver. 3. _For the rod of the wicked shall not rest_] Fall upon the lot o...

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

    _For the rod of the wicked_ Their power and authority; _shall not rest_ Not continue long; _upon the lot of the righteous_ Upon the habitation and persons of good men. _Lest the righteous put forth th...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    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 Hol...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    THE WICKED: _ Heb._ wickedness...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    THE ROD OF THE WICKED; the power and authority of cruel tyrants. SHALL NOT REST; not continue for ever, nor too long. UPON THE LOT OF THE RIGHTEOUS; upon the habitations and persons of good men. LEST...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Psalms 125:3 scepter H7626 wickedness H7562 rest H5117 (H8799) land H1486 righteous H6662 Lest H4616 righteous H6662

  • 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...

  • 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._ I noticed, in one of the reports of the survey of Palestine, that it is said that, a...

  • 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

    _Lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity._ HANDS PUT FORTH TO INIQUITY The shepherd would keep his sheep from straggling. His distress is that all in Israel are not true Israelites. Tw...

  • 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 125:3 The SCEPTER OF WICKEDNESS is kingly power held by Israelites who do not serve God and his people (the RIGHTEOUS). The Lord intends to protect his city, not simply from enemi...

  • 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 Corinthians 10:13; Isaiah 10:5; Isaiah 14:5; Isaiah 14:6; Isaiah 27

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    The rod — Their power and authority. Not rest — Not continue long. The lot — Upon the habitations and persons of good men. Lest — Lest they should be driven to indirect courses to relieve themselves....

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