Psalms 125:2. As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the LORD is round about his people from henceforth even for ever.
This verse shows the believer’s safety, as the former one showed his stability. As the mountains stood to guard the sacred city, so does God stand round about his people as a wall of fire. Before any can hurt the believer, they must first break through the ramparts of the Godhead. It is not merely said that horses of fire and chariots of fire are round about his people, though that is true; but that the Lord himself is round about them, and that not occasionally, but "henceforth even for ever." I believe in the eternal safety of the saints, and I would base it upon these two verses alone if there were no other Scriptures to that effect. If they never are to be moved any more than Mount Zion, and if God is round about them for ever, then they must live, and they must stand. There is no "if" or "but" put in here, - "provided that they behave themselves," and so on. No; but, trusting in God, they never shall be moved, and God will be round about them as their sure defense. I fancy I hear someone say, "If it be so, why am I tried and troubled?" Ah, my brother, it was never contemplated that you should be free from trouble! There is a rod in the covenant; and if you never feel it, you may suspect that you are not in the covenant.
Psalms 125:2. As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the LORD is round about his people from henceforth even for ever.
This verse shows the believer’s safety, as the former one showed his stability. As the mountains stood to guard the sacred city, so does God stand round about his people as a wall of fire. Before any can hurt the believer, they must first break through the ramparts of the Godhead. It is not merely said that horses of fire and chariots of fire are round about his people, though that is true; but that the Lord himself is round about them, and that not occasionally, but "henceforth even for ever." I believe in the eternal safety of the saints, and I would base it upon these two verses alone if there were no other Scriptures to that effect. If they never are to be moved any more than Mount Zion, and if God is round about them for ever, then they must live, and they must stand. There is no "if" or "but" put in here, - "provided that they behave themselves," and so on. No; but, trusting in God, they never shall be moved, and God will be round about them as their sure defense. I fancy I hear someone say, "If it be so, why am I tried and troubled?" Ah, my brother, it was never contemplated that you should be free from trouble! There is a rod in the covenant; and if you never feel it, you may suspect that you are not in the covenant.