KJV King James Version
[As] the mountains [are] round about Jerusalem, so the LORD [is] round about his people from henceforth even for ever.
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Psalm 125:2
[As] the mountains [are] round about Jerusalem, so the LORD [is] round about his people from henceforth even for ever.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the LORD surrounds His people, both now and forevermore.
WEB World English Bible
As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so Yahweh surrounds his people from this time forth and forevermore.
ASV American Standard Version
As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, So Jehovah is round about his people From this time forth and for evermore.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Jerusalem! mountains are round about her, And Jehovah is round about His people, From henceforth even unto the age.
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.
5 As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, the LORD shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity: [but] peace [shall be] upon Israel.
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Zechariah 2:5For I, saith the LORD, will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and will be the glory in the midst of her.Psalm 121:8The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.Isaiah 4:5And the LORD will create upon every dwelling place of mount Zion, and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night: for upon all the glory [shall be] a defence.Deuteronomy 33:27The eternal God [is thy] refuge, and underneath [are] the everlasting arms: and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; and shall say, Destroy [them].John 10:28-29And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any [man] pluck them out of my hand.Psalm 34:7The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them.Lamentations 4:12The kings of the earth, and all the inhabitants of the world, would not have believed that the adversary and the enemy should have entered into the gates of Jerusalem.
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