Psalms 125 · Verse 4

Psalms 125:4

Do good, O Lord, unto those that be good, and to them that are upright in their hearts.
Psalms 125:4, King James Version

Psalms 125:4 in other translations

BSBDo good, O LORD, to those who are good, and to the upright in heart.
WEBDo good, LORD, to those who are good, to those who are upright in their hearts.
ASVDo good, O Jehovah, unto those that are good, And to them that are upright in their hearts.
YLTDo good, O Jehovah, to the good, And to the upright in their hearts.
DARBYDo good, O Jehovah, unto the good, and to them that are upright in their hearts.
BBEDo good, O Lord, to those who are good, and to those who are upright in heart.
WebsterDo good, O LORD, to those that are good, and to them that are upright in their hearts.

What does Psalms 125:4 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
4. (Compare Psa 7:10; 84:11).

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 4 Do good, O Lord, unto those that be good - Let the upright ever find thee his sure defense! Increase the goodness which thou hast already bestowed upon them; and let all who are upright in heart find thee to be their stay and their support!

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 125:4-5
God's promises should quicken our prayers. The way of holiness is straight; there are no windings or shiftings in it. But the ways of sinners are crooked. They shift from one purpose to another, and turn hither and thither to deceive; but disappointment and misery shall befal them. Those who cleave to the ways of God, though they may have trouble in their way, their end shall be peace. The pleading of their Saviour for them, secures to them the upholding power and preserving grace of their God. Lord, number us with them, in time, and to eternity.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Psalms 125:4 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.

הֵיטִ֣יבָהhei.Ti.vahdo good !H3190
יְ֭הוָהYah.wehO YahwehH3068
לַטּוֹבִ֑יםla.to.Vimto the good [people]H2896
וְ֝לִֽישָׁרִ֗יםve.li.sha.Rimand to [people] uprightH3477
בְּלִבּוֹתָֽם\׃be.li.bo.Tamin hearts theirH3826

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

Cross references for Psalms 125:4

  • Psalms 7:10

    My defence is of God, which saveth the upright in heart.

  • Psalms 84:11

    For the Lord God is a sun and shield: the Lord will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.

  • Psalms 94:15

    But judgment shall return unto righteousness: and all the upright in heart shall follow it.

  • Psalms 119:68

    Thou art good, and doest good; teach me thy statutes.

  • Psalms 119:80

    Let my heart be sound in thy statutes; that I be not ashamed.

  • Psalms 51:18

    Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem.

  • Psalms 36:10

    O continue thy lovingkindness unto them that know thee; and thy righteousness to the upright in heart.

  • Psalms 32:2

    Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile.

  • Revelation 14:5

    And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault before the throne of God.

  • Lamentations 3:25

    The Lord is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.

  • Isaiah 58:10-11

    And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noonday: And the Lord shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.

  • Psalms 73:1

    A Psalm of Asaph. Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Do good.
41:1-3; 51:18; 73:1; Isa 58:10,11; Heb 6:10; 1Jo 3:17-24
upright.
32:2; 84:11; 119:80; La 3:25; Joh 1:47; Re 14:5

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Psalms 125:3

    For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity.

  • Psalms 125:4

    Do good, O Lord, unto those that be good, and to them that are upright in their hearts.

  • Psalms 125:5

    As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, the Lord shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity: but peace shall be upon Israel.

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Psalms 125:4 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Haz bien, oh Jehová, á los buenos, y á los que son rectos en sus corazones.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Éternel! fais du bien aux gens de bien et à ceux qui sont droits dans leur cœur!
German
Elberfelder 1871
Tue Gutes, Jehova, den Guten und denen, die aufrichtig sind in ihren Herzen!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Converte, Domine, captivitatem nostram, sicut torrens in austro.