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John Gill
INTRODUCTION TO Psalms 125 A Song of degrees. Who was the penman of this psalm, and on what occasion written, is not certain. It describes the safety and security of the church and people of God; foretells the deliverance of them from the oppressions of their enemies; the blessings of goodness that should be bestowed upon them, and the vengeance that will be taken on the wicked. According to Aben...
John Gill
They that trust in the Lord [shall be] as Mount Zion,.... Who trust not in themselves, and in their own hearts; nor in anything of theirs, their strength or wisdom, riches or righteousness; nor in any creature whatever, in the mightiest or best of men; but in the Lord; in God, as the God of nature and providence, for all temporal mercies; and in him, as the God of grace, for all spiritual and...
Matthew Henry
This short psalm may be summed up in those words of the prophet (Isa. iii. 10, 11), "Say you to the righteous, It shall be well with him. Woe to the wicked, it shall be ill with him." Thus are life and death, the blessing and the curse, set before us often in the psalms, as well as in the law and the prophets. I. It is certainly well with the people of God; for, 1. They have the promises of a...
Charles H. Spurgeon
Ver. 1. They that trust in the LORD shall be as mount Zion. The emphasis lies upon the object of their trust, namely, Jehovah the Lord. What a privilege to be allowed to repose in God] How condescending is Jehovah to become the confidence of his people! To trust elsewhere is vanity; and the more implicit such misplaced trust becomes the more bitter will be the ensuing disappointment; but to trust...
Charles H. Spurgeon
They that trust in the LORD shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever. Various conquerors have destroyed the buildings upon Mount Zion, but the mountain itself is still there. None have ever dug it up, and cast it into the Mediterranean Sea. It stands fast, and will stand there as long as the world endures; and “they that trust in the Lord shall be as Mount Zion,” they...
Charles H. Spurgeon
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, albeit every building upon Mount Zion has been demolished, and not one stone has been left upon another, yet the scarps of the hill are altogether immovable, and remain the same as ever. Mount Zion itself cannot be...
Charles H. Spurgeon
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 see anyone tear up mount Zion by the roots. The Romans have been there, and ploughed mount Zion as a field, but they could not remove it, it is there still, and the natural features are the same as they were in the...
Charles H. Spurgeon
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 henceforth even for ever. For the rod of the wicked shall not test upon the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity. By “the rod” is here meant “the scepter.” The wicked shall...