Psalms 125:2
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As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the LORD surrounds His people, both now and forevermore.
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This short psalm may be summed up in those words of the prophet (Isa 3:10, Isa 3:11), "Say you to the righteous, It shall be well with him. Woe to the wicked, it shall be will 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 good God that they shall be fixed (Psa 125:1), and safe (Psa 125:2), and not always under the hatches (Psa 125:3). 2. They have the prayers of a good man, which shall be heard for them (Psa 125:4). II. It is certainly ill with the wicked, and particularly with the apostates (Psa 125:5). Some of the Jewish rabbies are of opinion that it has reference to the days of the Messiah; however, we that are members of the gospel-church may certainly, in singing this psalm, take comfort of these promises, and the more so if we stand in awe of the threatening. A song of degrees.
Open source ↗125:2 surrounds: God guards and protects like a wall of fire (Zech 2:5).
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For I will be a wall of fire around it, declares the LORD, and I will be the glory within it.’”
Then the LORD will create over all of Mount Zion and over her assemblies a cloud of smoke by day and a glowing flame of fire by night. For over all the glory there will be a canopy,
The LORD will watch over your coming and going, both now and forevermore.
The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear Him, and he delivers them.
The eternal God is your dwelling place, and underneath are the everlasting arms. He drives out the enemy before you, giving the command, ‘Destroy him!’
The kings of the earth did not believe, nor any people of the world, that an enemy or a foe could enter the gates of Jerusalem.