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Psalms 125:2
Psalms 125:2 is verse 2 of Psalms chapter 125, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the LORD surrounds His people, both now and forevermore.
King James Version
As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the LORD is round about his people from henceforth even for ever.
World English Bible
As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so Yahweh surrounds his people from this time forward and forever more.
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Psalms 125:1–4 · Berean Standard Bible
1 Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion. It cannot be moved; it abides forever.
2 As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the LORD surrounds His people, both now and forevermore.
3 For the scepter of the wicked will not rest upon the land allotted to the righteous, so that the righteous will not put forth their hands to injustice.
4 Do good, O LORD, to those who are good, and to the upright in heart.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Lamentations 4:12The kings of the earth did not believe, nor any people of the world, that an enemy or a foe could enter the gates of Jerusalem.
Psalms 34:7The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear Him, and he delivers them.
Deuteronomy 33:27The eternal God is your dwelling place, and underneath are the everlasting arms. He drives out the enemy before you, giving the command, ‘Destroy him!’
Isaiah 4:5Then the LORD will create over all of Mount Zion and over her assemblies a cloud of smoke by day and a glowing flame of fire by night. For over all the glory there will be a canopy,
Zechariah 2:5For I will be a wall of fire around it, declares the LORD, and I will be the glory within it.’”
John 10:28I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them out of My hand.
John 10:29My Father who has given them to Me is greater than all. No one can snatch them out of My Father’s hand.