rd

Psalms 125

1 He describeth the assurance of the faithful in their afflictions, 4 And desireth their wealth, 5 And the destruction of the wicked.
¶ A song of degrees.
1.They that trust in the Lord, shalbe as mount Zión, which can not be aremoved, but remaineth for ever.
2.As the mountains are about Jerusalém: so is the Lord about his people from hence forth and for ever.
3.For the brod of the wicked shal not rest on the lot of the righteous, lest the righteous put forth their hand unto wickedness.
4.Do wel, ô Lord, unto those that be good & true in their hearts.
5.cBut these that turn aside by their crooked waies, them shal the Lord lead with the workers of iniquity: but peace shalbe upon Israél.

Notes

1-a.
Though the world be subject to mutations, yet the people of God shall stand sure and be defended by God’s providence.
3-b.
Though God suffer his to be under the cross, lest they should embrace wickedness, yet this cross shall not so rest upon them, that it should drive them from hope.
5-c.
He desires God to purge his Church from hypocrites and such as have no zeal of the truth.