KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Psalms 125:2–3
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Psalms 125:2
2As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the Lord is round about his people from henceforth even for ever.
2As the mountaines are round about Ierusalem, so the LORD is round about his people: from hencefoorth euen for euer.
Psalms 125:3
3For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity.
3†For the rod of the wicked shall not rest vpon the lot of the righteous: lest the righteous put forth their hands vnto iniquitie.
- Hebr. wickednesse.
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DEFINED WORDS
Psalms 125:2
Around, concerning, near, or engaged in; on every side or approximately, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
LORD: The name of God the Father in English, from the Hebrew Tetragrammaton YHWH, also rendered GOD and JEHOVAH. Lord: A title applied to God and Christ as ruler and master, the one to whom worship and obedience are due. lord: A male master, owner, ruler, or superior addressed or described as one having authority.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (alignment witness) · Webster 1828
Persons collectively; a nation, community, or group considered as a body.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
APPROVED COMBINED MEANING
henceforth
Outward, onward, or away from a place.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
Indeed or precisely; adding emphasis to what follows.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
At any time; always; continually; or forever, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
DEFINED WORDS
Psalms 125:3
Repose, relief, or cessation from labour; also what remains.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
An object or method used to decide an allotment; the portion, share, fate, or decision so assigned; as a verb, to allot.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Just, right, or conforming to God's law and judgment; equitable or upright; as a noun, a person characterized as righteous.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
That not; for fear that.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
To place, set, lay, appoint, bring into a condition, or cause to be, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
Outward, onward, or away from a place.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
The end parts of the arms used for holding and working; also figures of power, possession, agency, or aid.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Wickedness, unrighteousness, injustice, or a particular sin.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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From verse 2
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Open the full verse study5For I, saith the Lord, will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and will be the glory in the midst of her.
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Open the full verse study5And 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.
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Open the full verse study8The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.
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Open the full verse study27The 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.
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Open the full verse study28And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.
29My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father’s hand.
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Open the full verse study7The angel of the Lord encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them.
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Open the full verse study12The 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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Open the full verse study5The Lord hath broken the staff of the wicked, and the sceptre of the rulers.
6He who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, and none hindereth.
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Open the full verse study22The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him.
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Open the full verse study8He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.
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Open the full verse study13There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
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Open the full verse study10Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.
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Open the full verse study8In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it: he stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind.
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Open the full verse study10Behold, this day thine eyes have seen how that the Lord had delivered thee to day into mine hand in the cave: and some bade me kill thee: but mine eye spared thee; and I said, I will not put forth mine hand against my lord; for he is the Lord’s anointed.
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Open the full verse study5¶ O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine indignation.
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Open the full verse study9He will not always chide: neither will he keep his anger for ever.
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Open the full verse study14For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.
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Open the full verse study20He hath put forth his hands against such as be at peace with him: he hath broken his covenant.
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