{"id":8506,"date":"2023-09-23T08:21:42","date_gmt":"2023-09-23T14:21:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/?p=8506"},"modified":"2023-09-23T08:21:42","modified_gmt":"2023-09-23T14:21:42","slug":"psalm-125","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/?p=8506","title":{"rendered":"Psalm 125"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Song of Ascents.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

1 <\/span>Those who trust in the Lord<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em>
\nAre like Mount Zion,<\/span><\/em>
\nWhich cannot be moved, but abides forever.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

2 <\/sup>As the mountains surround Jerusalem,<\/span><\/em>
\nSo the Lord<\/span> surrounds His people<\/span><\/em>
\nFrom this time forth and forever.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

3\u00a0<\/sup>For the scepter of wickedness shall not rest<\/span><\/em>
\nOn the land allotted to the righteous,<\/span><\/em>
\nLest the righteous reach out their hands to iniquity.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

4\u00a0<\/sup>Do good, O Lord<\/span>, to those who are good,<\/span><\/em>
\nAnd to those who are upright in their hearts.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n
\n

5\u00a0<\/sup>As for such as turn aside to their crooked ways,<\/span><\/em>
\nThe Lord<\/span> shall lead them away<\/span><\/em>
\nWith the workers of iniquity.
\nPeace be upon Israel!<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

The most apropos thing by which to illustrate the permanence of God’s people as<\/em> God’s people (per the principle given in Romans 11:29<\/span><\/a>)\u2014i.e., that they cannot be moved\u2014is Mount Zion (a poetic synonym for Jerusalem), which despite any geographic changes that God may make when He renews heaven and earth (cf. Isaiah 65:17; 66:22; Revelation 21:1), will abide forever as the same distinct Zion of previous redemption history. This permanence of Zion is ultimately grounded in the permanence of Zion’s King, the divine Messiah, who will establish His throne in Zion (on the Temple Mount) before<\/em> renewing Creation, and maintain His throne there forever (i.e., even after renewing Creation; see esp. Ezekiel 43:7 and Revelation 22:3-5). \u2014 Wechsler, page 300.<\/span><\/h3>\n

__________<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

In His paternal solicitude God will ensure that the scepter (a symbol of final and irrefutable political authority) of wickedness\u2014i.e., ungodly authority\u2014is never brought to bear upon the righteous (i.e., those whom He has graciously “reckoned” as righteous) with such strength (and perhaps even allure) that they cannot resist the pressure to do what they know to be wrong. God, who knows us far better than we ourselves, will never allow His children to face a challenge to sin that they cannot overcome (1 Corinthians 10:13<\/span><\/a>). \u2014 Wechsler, page 301.<\/span><\/h3>\n

__________<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

No doubt the remnant of Israel sang or chanted this Psalm when they went up to the temple. It certainly meant much to the loyal, believing Jews when they returned from Babylon. In a much larger sense, it is a prophecy that looks forward to the Millennial Day, when the Remnant, tried in the fires of the Great Tribulation, shall have met the Messiah,and shall know they are at home to be moved no more. \u2014 Phillips, page 305.<\/span><\/h3>\n

Williams’ view:<\/h3>\n

This song celebrates the destruction of Anti-Christ’s kingdom and the establishment of Messiah’s government. … The word “henceforth” [“from this time forth”] (v.2), defines the time of the fulfillment of the prophecy. It will be the morn of Christ’s millennial reign.<\/span><\/h3>\n

Verse 3 should read thus: “The sceptre of the Lawless One (Daniel 11:36 and 2 Thessalonians 2:8<\/span><\/a>), shall not remain upon the lot of the righteous,” i.e., on Palestine. The verse predicts the close of Anti-Christ’s reign, and of his possession of God’s pleasant land. \u2014 Williams, pages 401-402.<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A Song of Ascents. 1 Those who trust in the Lord Are like Mount Zion, Which cannot be moved, but abides forever. 2 As the mountains surround Jerusalem, So the Lord surrounds His people From this time forth and forever. … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8506","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-psalms"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8506","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8506"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8506\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8509,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8506\/revisions\/8509"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}