KJV King James Version
A Song of degrees. They that trust in the LORD [shall be] as mount Zion, [which] cannot be removed, [but] abideth for ever.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Psalm 125:1
A Song of degrees. They that trust in the LORD [shall be] as mount Zion, [which] cannot be removed, [but] abideth for ever.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
A song of ascents. Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion. It cannot be moved; it abides forever.
WEB World English Bible
A Song of Ascents. Those who trust in Yahweh are as Mount Zion, which can’t be moved, but remains forever.
ASV American Standard Version
A Song of Ascents. They that trust in Jehovah Are as mount Zion, which cannot be moved, but abideth for ever.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
A Song of the Ascents. Those trusting in Jehovah are as Mount Zion, It is not moved—to the age it abideth.
Surrounding context — Psalm 125
1 A Song of degrees. They that trust in the LORD [shall be] as mount Zion, [which] cannot be removed, [but] abideth for ever.
2 [As] the mountains [are] round about Jerusalem, so the LORD [is] round about his people from henceforth even for ever.
3 For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity.
4 Do good, O LORD, unto [those that be] good, and to [them that are] upright in their hearts.
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Jeremiah 17:7-8Blessed [is] the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is.Psalm 62:2He only [is] my rock and my salvation; [he is] my defence; I shall not be greatly moved.Proverbs 3:5-6Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.Psalm 118:8-9[It is] better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man.Psalm 120:1A Song of degrees. In my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he heard me.Zechariah 1:17Cry yet, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; My cities through prosperity shall yet be spread abroad; and the LORD shall yet comfort Zion, and shall yet choose Jerusalem.Psalm 25:2O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let not mine enemies triumph over me.Psalm 34:22The LORD redeemeth the soul of his servants: and none of them that trust in him shall be desolate.1 Chronicles 5:20And they were helped against them, and the Hagarites were delivered into their hand, and all that [were] with them: for they cried to God in the battle, and he was intreated of them; because they put their trust in him.Psalm 121:1A Song of degrees. I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.Psalm 27:1[A Psalm] of David. The LORD [is] my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD [is] the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?Psalm 62:6He only [is] my rock and my salvation: [he is] my defence; I shall not be moved.Ephesians 1:12-13That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ.Isaiah 12:6Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion: for great [is] the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee.Isaiah 51:16And I have put my words in thy mouth, and I have covered thee in the shadow of mine hand, that I may plant the heavens, and lay the foundations of the earth, and say unto Zion, Thou [art] my people.Psalm 132:13-14For the LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired [it] for his habitation.Psalm 123:1A Song of degrees. Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens.Micah 4:2And many nations shall come, and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for the law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
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