Psalms

The Psalter is Israel’s hymnbook: lament, praise, thanksgiving, royal psalms, and wisdom. It trains the heart to speak to God in trouble and in joy, and it points ahead to the Messiah.

Author: David and others
Date: c. 1400–400 BC
Theme: Prayers and songs for every season of the life of faith.
Key verses: Psalm 23; Psalm 51; Psalm 119:105
American King James

Psalms 125

1¶ A song of degrees. They that trust in the LORD shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but stays for ever. 2As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the LORD is round about his people from now on even for ever. 3For the rod of the wicked shall not rest on the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands to iniquity. 4Do good, O LORD, to those that be good, and to them that are upright in their hearts. 5As for such as turn aside to their crooked ways, the LORD shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity: but peace shall be on Israel.

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