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Bible Commentaries
Psalms 125

Bullinger's Companion Bible NotesBullinger's Companion Notes

Verse 1

Title. Same as Psalms 120:0 . See App-67 .

trust = confide. Hebrew. batah. App-69 .

the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4 . Shall be as mount Zion. Some codices, with one early printed edition and Syriac, read "are in Mount Zion". App-68 . for ever. Note the Figure of speech. Epistrophe ( App-6 ), the words being repeated at the end of the next line.

Verse 3

For = Surely.

rod, or cudgel.

the wicked = the wicked (or lawless) one. Hebrew. rasha, App-44 . Here the reference is to Sennacherib (Isaiah 30:31 ), but it looks forward to 2 Thessalonians 2:3 , 2 Thessalonians 2:4 .

rest upon = continue over,

lot = heritage (as allotted).

righteous. Plural: i.e. Hezekiah and the godly in Israel.

iniquity. Hebrew 'ava l. App-44 .

Verse 5

iniquity. Hebrew 'ava l. App-44 .

Bibliographical Information
Bullinger, Ethelbert William. "Commentary on Psalms 125". "Bullinger's Companion bible Notes". https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/eng/bul/psalms-125.html. 1909-1922.
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