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Close at the foot of Zion's ridge, huge weathered gray limestone bedrock with the base of a plain rough stone wall built straight onto it, under a pale empty sky.

Song of ascents

Psalm 125

On the days you feel most shakable, look at what Jerusalem stands on, and what stands around it.

5 verses≈ 3 minBSB

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Where we are

  1. 1–41Book IDavid's prayers: 'The LORD is my shepherd'
  2. 42–72Book II'As the deer pants'; the throne under pressure
  3. 73–89Book IIIAsaph and Korah: the kingdom falls
  4. 90–106Book IVBack to Moses: the LORD reigns
  5. 107–150Book VSongs of ascents, and the last HallelujahPsalm 125

The LORD Surrounds His People

A song of ascents.

Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion.

It cannot be moved; it abides forever.

Psalm 125:1

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Wide view of Jerusalem's small ridge lying low in the middle of the land, with the Mount of Olives and higher ridges standing all around it under moving cloud shadows.

As the mountains surround Jerusalem,

so the LORD surrounds His people,

both now and forevermore.

For the scepter of the wicked will not rest

upon the land allotted to the righteous,

so that the righteous will not put forth

their hands to injustice.

Do good, O LORD, to those who are good,

and to the upright in heart.

But those who turn to crooked ways

the LORD will banish with the evildoers.

Peace be upon Israel.

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Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion. It cannot be moved; it abides forever.

Psalm 125:1

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