Bible verse

Psalm 125:2

As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the LORD surrounds His people, both now and forevermore.

Psalm 125:2 · BSB

Psalm 125:2 in context

The verses around it, from Psalm 125.

1 A song of ascents. Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion. It cannot be moved; it abides forever.

2 As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the LORD surrounds His people, both now and forevermore.

3 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.

4 Do good, O LORD, to those who are good, and to the upright in heart.

5 But those who turn to crooked ways the LORD will banish with the evildoers. Peace be upon Israel.

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Psalm 125:2 in other translations

KJV

[As] the mountains [are] round about Jerusalem, so the LORD [is] round about his people from henceforth even for ever.

ASV

As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, So Jehovah is round about his people From this time forth and for evermore.

ERV

As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the LORD is round about his people, from this time forth and for evermore.

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