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Verse Psalms 125:5. _AS FOR SUCH AS TURN ASIDE_] Who are not
_faithful_; who _give way to sin_; who _backslide_, and walk in a
_crooked way_, widely different from the _straight way_ of the
_upright_...
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AS FOR SUCH AS TURN ASIDE UNTO THEIR CROOKED WAYS - The wicked. Those
who leave the right or straight path, and wander in forbidden ways.
The word here rendered “crooked ways” occurs nowhere else exce...
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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...
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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....
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INIQUITY. Hebrew _'ava_ l. App-44....
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DISCOURSE: 718
THE UPRIGHT AND APOSTATES CONTRASTED
Psalms 125:4. _Do good, O Lord, unto those that be good, and to them
that are upright in their hearts. As for such as turn aside unto their
crooked...
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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...
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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. AS FOR SUCH AS TURN ASIDE (JOB 23:11 ; ISAIAH 30:11 ) U...
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125:5 be (a-23) Or 'shall be.'...
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Jehovah is the bulwark of Israel, but evildoers shall perish.
Evidently the nation is under foreign rule: cp. Psalms 125:3....
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TURN ASIDE UNTO THEIR CROOKED WAYS. — Or, _bend their crooked ways,
i.e.,_ pursue evil courses.
BUT PEACE. — Better, as an innovation on the customary form, _peace
be in Israel._ (See Note on Psalms...
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וְ הַ מַּטִּ֤ים עַֽקַלְקַלֹּותָ֗ם
יֹולִיכֵ֣ם יְ֭הוָה...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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(c) 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.
(c) He desires God to purge his Church from hyp...
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PSALM CXXV. (IN CONVERTENDO.)
The people of God rejoice at their delivery from captivity.
Joy. This was the case of the martyrs, &c., (Luke vi. 21., and John
xvi. 20.) as well as of the captives, Je...
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The prayer of the faithful, and the prospect of the ruin of the
ungodly, are strikingly blended in one view. The same scripture that
promiseth to feed his people, declares that their enemies shall be...
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REFLECTIONS
MY soul! contemplate in this Psalm the security of the Lord's people,
and beg of thy gracious God to give thee, an everlasting, steady, and
unshaken faith in him. Thou hast been sweetly ta...
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5._But those who turn aside into their crooked paths, etc_. As the
participle המטים, _hammattim, _is in the conjugation _Hiphil, _it
should, according to the rules of grammar, be rather translated in...
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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....
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AS FOR SUCH AS TURN ASIDE UNTO THEIR CROOKED WAYS,.... The ways of
sin, immorality, or error; which are crooked ways, not agreeing with
the word of God, the rule of faith and practice. This seems to d...
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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.
Ver. 5. _As for such as turn aside unto their crook...
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_Do good unto those that be good_ As thou hast promised to keep thy
people from evil, (Psalms 125:3,) be pleased, also, to vouchsafe unto
them those blessings which will be good for them. Deal well wi...
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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,...
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But those hypocrites, who either through fear of the rod, mentioned
PSALMS 125:3, or for other considerations, shall turn aside from the
ways of God, which for a time they professed and seemed to own,...
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Psalms 125:5 aside H5186 (H8688) ways H6128 LORD H3068 away H3212
(H8686) workers H6466 (H8802) iniquity...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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_The Lord shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity: but
peace shall be upon Israel _
THE TIME OF TRIAL
1_._
In the time of trial, there will sundry be found hypocrites,
counterfeit dealer...
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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...
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PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 125:4 The Lord really does reward the faithful
(v. Psalms 125:4), and he really does remove the unfaithful (v....
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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1 Chronicles 10:13; 1 Chronicles 10:14; 1 Peter 1:2; Ezekiel 37:26;...
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Lead them — Unto sinful courses. Israel — Upon the true Israel of
God....