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Psalm 125:1

A Song of Ascents. Those who trust in the LORD are as Mount Zion, which can’t be moved, but remains forever.

1A Song of Ascents. Those who trust in the LORD are as Mount Zion, which can’t be moved, but remains forever.
2As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the LORD surrounds his people from this time forward and forever more.
3For the scepter of wickedness won’t remain over the allotment of the righteous, so that the righteous won’t use their hands to do evil.
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Mount Zion gives trust a solid shape: the promise of remaining firm can feel hard to grasp when so much around you seems unsettled.

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Where else Scripture says this

10 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Proverbs 3:5Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding.Both passages name the LORD as the one to trust; Proverbs urges that trust, while the psalm pictures its firmness.
Jeremiah 17:7“Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, and whose confidence is in the LORD.Both describe those who trust in the LORD in hopeful terms: Jeremiah names blessing, and the psalm pictures lasting stability.
Psalm 62:2He alone is my rock, my salvation, and my fortress. I will never be greatly shaken.Both use solid, enduring images to express security in God: Mount Zion here, and a rock and fortress in Psalm 62.
Psalm 118:8–9It is better to take refuge in the LORD, than to put confidence in man.Both direct confidence toward the LORD, with Psalm 118 describing that dependence as taking refuge in him.
Proverbs 29:25The fear of man proves to be a snare, but whoever puts his trust in the LORD is kept safe.Both connect trust in the LORD with security, expressed as being kept safe in Proverbs and remaining firm in the psalm.
Psalm 124:1A Song of Ascents. By David. If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, let Israel now say,Both are Songs of Ascents that locate Israel’s security in the LORD, through trust here and his presence on their side there.
Psalm 127:1A Song of Ascents. By Solomon. Unless the LORD builds the house, they who build it labor in vain. Unless the LORD watches over the city, the watchman guards it …Both Songs of Ascents tie security to the LORD: one pictures those who trust, and the other names his watch over the city.
Zechariah 1:17“Proclaim further, saying, ‘The LORD of Armies says: “My cities will again overflow with prosperity, and the LORD will again comfort Zion, and will again …Zion appears in both passages, as an image of permanence in the psalm and the place the LORD promises to comfort in Zechariah.
1 Chronicles 5:20They were helped against them, and the Hagrites were delivered into their hand, and all who were with them; for they cried to God in the battle, and he …Both connect trust in God with security; Chronicles recounts help in battle, while the psalm describes those who trust as unmoved.
Isaiah 26:4Trust in the LORD forever; for in the LORD, the LORD, is an everlasting Rock.Both link trust in the LORD with enduring solidity, using Mount Zion in the psalm and an everlasting Rock in Isaiah.
Where this verse fits

Fear for the future. anxiety or panic. doubt.

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One step

Something small to carry out of this verse

Read Psalm 125:1–2 aloud, pausing at each mountain image

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Encouragement

The surrounding verses acknowledge wicked rule, so this mountain image leaves room for trouble. The firmness promised to those who trust rests on YHWH who surrounds his people.

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