Psalms

Psalm 125:1–2

¹A song of ascents.

Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion.

It cannot be moved; it abides forever.

²As the mountains surround Jerusalem,

so the LORD surrounds His people,

both now and forevermore.

Word by word

Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
A song	שִׁ֗יר	šîr	Noun - masculine singular construct	H7892 song
of ascents	הַֽמַּ֫עֲל֥וֹת	ham·ma·‘ă·lō·wṯ	Article; Noun - feminine plural	H4609 what comes up
Those who trust	הַבֹּטְחִ֥ים	hab·bō·ṭə·ḥîm	Article; Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural	H982 trust
in the LORD	בַּיהוָ֑ה	Yah·weh	Preposition-b; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
are like Mount	כְּֽהַר־	kə·har-	Preposition-k; Noun - masculine singular construct	H2022 mountain, hill, hill-country
Zion	צִיּ֥וֹן	ṣî·yō·wn	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H6726 Zion
It cannot	לֹא־	lō-	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
be moved	יִ֝מּ֗וֹט	yim·mō·wṭ	Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H4131 totter, shake, slip
it abides	יֵשֵֽׁב׃	yê·šêḇ	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H3427 sit, remain, dwell
forever	לְעוֹלָ֥ם	lə·‘ō·w·lām	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular	H5769 long duration, antiquity, futurity

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
As the mountains	הָרִים֮	hā·rîm	Noun - masculine plural	H2022 mountain, hill, hill-country
surround	סָבִ֪יב	sā·ḇîḇ	Adverb	H5439 circuit, round about
Jerusalem	יְֽרוּשָׁלִַ֗ם	yə·rū·šā·lim	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H3389 Jerusalem
so the LORD	וַ֭יהוָה	Yah·weh	Conjunctive waw; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
surrounds	סָבִ֣יב	sā·ḇîḇ	Adverb	H5439 circuit, round about
His people	לְעַמּ֑וֹ	lə·‘am·mōw	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H5971 people
both now	מֵ֝עַתָּ֗ה	mê·‘at·tāh	Preposition-m; Adverb	H6258 now
and forevermore	וְעַד־	wə·‘aḏ-	Conjunctive waw; Preposition	H5704 as far as, even to, up to, until, while

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Psalm 125:1 Jeremiah 17:7–8 · Psalm 62:2 · Proverbs 3:5–6 · Psalm 118:8–9 · Psalm 25:2 · Psalm 120:1 · Zechariah 1:17 · Psalm 34:22 · 1 Chronicles 5:20 · Psalm 121:1 · Psalm 27:1 · Psalm 62:6

Psalm 125:2 Zechariah 2:5 · Psalm 121:8 · Isaiah 4:5 · John 10:28–29 · Psalm 34:7 · Deuteronomy 33:27 · Lamentations 4:12

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.