Psalms 125 · Verse 1

Psalms 125:1

A Song of degrees. They that trust in the Lord shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever.
Psalms 125:1, King James Version

Psalms 125:1 in other translations

BSBA song of ascents. Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion. It cannot be moved; it abides forever.
WEBA Song of Ascents. Those who trust in the LORD are as Mount Zion, which can’t be moved, but remains forever.
ASVA Song of Ascents. They that trust in Jehovah Are as mount Zion, which cannot be moved, but abideth for ever.
YLTA Song of the Ascents. Those trusting in Jehovah are as Mount Zion, It is not moved--to the age it abideth.
DARBYA Song of degrees. They that confide in Jehovah are as mount Zion, which cannot be moved; it abideth for ever.
BBEThose whose hope is in the Lord are like the mountain of Zion, which may not be moved, but keeps its place for ever.
WebsterA Song of degrees. They that trust in the LORD, shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever.

What does Psalms 125:1 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 125:1-2

Psa 125:1-5. God honors the confidence of His people, by protection and deliverance, and leaves hypocrites to the doom of the wicked.

1-2. Mount Zion--as an emblem of permanence, and locality of Jerusalem as one of security, represent the firm and protected condition of God's people (compare Psa 46:5), supported not only by Providence, but by covenant promise. Even the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed, but God's kindness shall not depart, nor His covenant of peace be removed (Is 54:10). They that trust--are "His people," (Psa 125:2).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Introduction

The safety of those who trust in God, Psa 125:1, Psa 125:2. God's protecting providence in behalf of his followers, Psa 125:3. A prayer for the godly, Psa 125:4. The evil lot of the wicked, Psa 125:5. This Psalm is without a title: it 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 Tobiah the Ammonite, gave to the Jews while employed in rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem, and restoring the temple. Verse 1 They that trust in the Lord - Every faithful Jew who confides in Jehovah shall stand, in those open and secret attacks of the enemies of God and truth, as unshaken as Mount Zion; and shall not be moved by the power of any adversary.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 125:1-3
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. They cannot be removed from confidence in God. They abide for ever in that grace which is the earnest of their everlasting continuance in glory. Committing themselves to God, they shall be safe from their enemies. Even mountains may moulder and come to nothing, and rocks be removed, but God's covenant with his people cannot be broken, nor his care of them cease. Their troubles shall last no longer than their strength will bear them up under them. The rod of the wicked may come, may fall upon the righteous, upon their persons, their estates, their liberties, their families names, on any thing that falls to their lot; only it cannot reach their souls. And though it may come upon their lot, it shall not rest thereon. The Lord will make all work together for their good. The wicked shall only prove a correcting rod, not a destroying sword; even this rod shall not remain upon them, lest they distrust the promise, thinking God has cast them off.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Psalms 125:1 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

הַבֹּטְחִ֥יםha.bo.te.Chimthose [who] trustH982
בַּיהוָ֑הba.Yah.wehin YahwehH3068
כְּֽהַר\־ke.har-[are] like [the] mountain ofH2022
צִיּ֥וֹןtzi.YonZionH6726
לֹא\־lo'-[which] notH3808
יִ֝מּ֗וֹטyi.Motit will be shakenH4131
לְעוֹלָ֥םle.'o.Lam[which] for everH5769
יֵשֵֽׁב\׃ye.Shevit will remainH3427

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 125:1

  • Jeremiah 17:7-8

    Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is. For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.

  • Psalms 62:2

    He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defence; I shall not be greatly moved.

  • Proverbs 3:5-6

    Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.

  • Psalms 118:8-9

    It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in man. It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in princes.

  • Zechariah 1:17

    Cry yet, saying, Thus saith the Lord of hosts; My cities through prosperity shall yet be spread abroad; and the Lord shall yet comfort Zion, and shall yet choose Jerusalem.

  • Psalms 25:2

    O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let not mine enemies triumph over me.

  • Psalms 120:1

    A Song of degrees. In my distress I cried unto the Lord, and he heard me.

  • Psalms 34:22

    The Lord redeemeth the soul of his servants: and none of them that trust in him shall be desolate.

  • 1 Chronicles 5:20

    And they were helped against them, and the Hagarites were delivered into their hand, and all that were with them: for they cried to God in the battle, and he was intreated of them; because they put their trust in him.

  • Psalms 121:1

    A Song of degrees. I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.

  • Psalms 27:1

    A Psalm of David. The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

  • Psalms 62:6

    He only is my rock and my salvation: he is my defence; I shall not be moved.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
1 The safety of such as trust in God.
4 A prayer for the godly, and against the wicked.

A.M. 3468. B.C. 536. (Title.) A Song.
120:1; 121:1; 122:1; 123:1; 124:1; *titles
that trust.
27:1; 25:2,8; 34:22; 62:2,6; 118:8,9; 147:11; 1Ch 5:20; Pr 3:5,6
Jer 17:7,8; Eph 1:12,13; 1Pe 1:21
be as mount.
132:13,14; Isa 12:6; 14:32; 51:8,11,16; 52:1,7,8; Ob 1:21; Mic 4:2
Zec 1:14,17; Re 14:1
but abideth.
Mt 16:16-18

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Context

  • Psalms 125:1

    A Song of degrees. They that trust in the Lord shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever.

  • Psalms 125:2

    As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the Lord is round about his people from henceforth even for ever.

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Psalms 125:1 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Cántico gradual. LOS que confían en Jehová son como el monte de Sión, que no deslizará: estará para siempre.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Cantique des degrés. Ceux qui se confient en l’ Éternel sont comme la montagne de Sion, qui ne chancelle pas, qui demeure à toujours.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Die auf Jehova vertrauen, sind gleich dem Berge Zion, der nicht wankt, der ewiglich bleibt.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Canticum graduum. In convertendo Dominus captivitatem Sion, facti sumus sicut consolati.