Psalms 125:3. For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; -
God does not completely screen his people from trial. They sometimes feel the rod of the wicked in the form of slander, oppression, opposition, and persecution, but they shall not always feel it: "The rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous;"
Psalms 125:3. Lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity.
If too heavily oppressed, they might do wrong in order to escape from oppression, and God will not have that. He will not let his people be tried above what they are able to bear. He knows that the tendency of poverty and suffering might be to provoke them to sin, therefore he will not let the rod of the wicked rest upon them, lest they put forth their hands unto iniquity.
Psalms 125:3. For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; -
God does not completely screen his people from trial. They sometimes feel the rod of the wicked in the form of slander, oppression, opposition, and persecution, but they shall not always feel it: "The rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous;"
Psalms 125:3. Lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity.
If too heavily oppressed, they might do wrong in order to escape from oppression, and God will not have that. He will not let his people be tried above what they are able to bear. He knows that the tendency of poverty and suffering might be to provoke them to sin, therefore he will not let the rod of the wicked rest upon them, lest they put forth their hands unto iniquity.