Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Psalms 125:3
The rod — Their power and authority. Not rest — Not continue long. The lot — Upon the habitations and persons of good men. Lest — Lest they should be driven to indirect courses to relieve themselves.
The rod — Their power and authority. Not rest — Not continue long. The lot — Upon the habitations and persons of good men. Lest — Lest they should be driven to indirect courses to relieve themselves.
Verse Psalms 125:3. _FOR THE ROD OF THE WICKED SHALL NOT REST UPON THE LOT_ _OF THE RIGHTEOUS_] Rod, here. may be taken for _persecution_, or for _rule_; and then it may be thus interpreted: "The wic...
FOR THE ROD OF THE WICKED - Margin, as in Hebrew, “wickedness.” The word “rod” - the staff, the scepter, the instrument of inflicting punishment - here means dominion, power, that condition in which t...
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...
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....
FOR. Surely. ROD, or cudgel. THE WICKED. the wicked (or lawless) one. Hebrew. _rasha,_ App-44. Here the reference is to Sennacherib (Isaiah 30:31), but it looks forward to 2 Thessalonians 2:3;...
FOR THE ROD— That is, _the power of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot or portion; i.e. the country of the righteous; that the righteous,_ &c. The meaning seems to be, that if their enemies had ga...
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...
For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity. FOR THE ROD OF THE WICKED SHALL NOT REST UPON THE LOT OF THE RIGHTEOU...
125:3 sceptre (f-3) Or 'rod.'...
Jehovah is the bulwark of Israel, but evildoers shall perish. Evidently the nation is under foreign rule: cp. Psalms 125:3....
THE ROD OF THE WICKED] RV 'the sceptre of wickedness,' i.e. heathen dominion shall be broken off lest in despair the righteous be tempted to turn aside to sinful practices. 5. Those who hesitate betwe...
ROD. — The imagery of this unusually long verse is peculiar. The “rod of the wicked,” or “of wickedness,” is the _heathen sceptre,_ and the righteous are the Israelites who hold fast to the religion o...
כִּ֤י לֹ֪א יָנ֡וּחַ שֵׁ֤בֶט הָ רֶ֗שַׁע עַל֮
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...
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...
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...
For the (b) rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity. (b) Though God permits his to be under the cross lest they embrace...
This is a precious scripture to prove how the Lord watcheth over his people for good, and by his preventing and restraining grace knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptation, 2 Peter 2:9....
3._For the scepter of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the just. _This is, as it were, a correction of the preceding sentence. The Psalmist had said that the hand of God was extended on all s...
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....
FOR THE ROD OF THE WICKED SHALL NOT REST UPON THE LOT OF THE RIGHTEOUS,.... Which, according to Kimchi, is Jerusalem; but Aben Ezra interprets it of the Israelites that inherit the land. And, the peop...
For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity. Ver. 3. _For the rod of the wicked shall not rest_] Fall upon the lot o...
_For the rod of the wicked_ Their power and authority; _shall not rest_ Not continue long; _upon the lot of the righteous_ Upon the habitation and persons of good men. _Lest the righteous put forth th...
JEHOVAH A SURE DEFENSE AGAINST APOSTASY. A song of degrees, setting forth the manner in which God honors the trust of His people, both by protecting them and by leaving the hypocrites to the doom of...
For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous, that is, the scepter of wickedness, as an emblem of superior power, would not abide upon the inheritance of Israel, upon the Hol...
THE WICKED: _ Heb._ wickedness...
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. T...
THE ROD OF THE WICKED; the power and authority of cruel tyrants. SHALL NOT REST; not continue for ever, nor too long. UPON THE LOT OF THE RIGHTEOUS; upon the habitations and persons of good men. LEST...
Psalms 125:3 scepter H7626 wickedness H7562 rest H5117 (H8799) land H1486 righteous H6662 Lest H4616 righteous H6662
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...
Psalms 125:1. _They that trust in the LORD shall be us mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever._ What comfort there is in this verse to all who trust in the Lord! We never expect to...
Psalms 125:1. _They that trust in the LORD shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever._ I noticed, in one of the reports of the survey of Palestine, that it is said that, a...
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...
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...
_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...
_Lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity._ HANDS PUT FORTH TO INIQUITY The shepherd would keep his sheep from straggling. His distress is that all in Israel are not true Israelites. Tw...
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...
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 125:3 The SCEPTER OF WICKEDNESS is kingly power held by Israelites who do not serve God and his people (the RIGHTEOUS). The Lord intends to protect his city, not simply from enemi...
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...
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...
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 ...
1 Corinthians 10:13; Isaiah 10:5; Isaiah 14:5; Isaiah 14:6; Isaiah 27