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Psalm 125:1-3
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God Protects Those Who Trust Him

A song ·for going up to worship [of ascents; C perhaps sung while traveling to Jerusalem to celebrate an annual religious festival like Passover].

125 Those who ·trust [have confidence in] the Lord are like Mount Zion [C the location of the Temple],
    which sits unmoved forever.
2 As the mountains surround Jerusalem,
    the Lord surrounds his people
now and forever.

3 The ·wicked will not rule
    over [L scepter of the wicked will not rest on; C the scepter is a symbol of rule] ·those who do right [L the allotment of the righteous].
·If they did, the people who do right
    might use their power to do evil [L …so the righteous do not send forth their hands in evil].

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Psalm 125:1-3
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Psalm 125

A song of ascents.

1 Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion,(A)
    which cannot be shaken(B) but endures forever.
2 As the mountains surround Jerusalem,(C)
    so the Lord surrounds(D) his people
    both now and forevermore.

3 The scepter(E) of the wicked will not remain(F)
    over the land allotted to the righteous,
for then the righteous might use
    their hands to do evil.(G)

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