Psalm 125 is the 125th psalm of the Book of Psalms, beginning in English in the King James Version: "They that trust in the LORD shall be as mount Zion". In Latin, it is known by as, " Qui confidunt in Domino".[1] The Book of Psalms is part of the third section of the Hebrew Bible, and a book of the Christian Old Testament. Psalm 125 is one of fifteen psalms that begin with the words "A song of ascents" (Shir Hama'alot).
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Book | Book of Psalms |
Hebrew Bible part | Ketuvim |
Order in the Hebrew part | 1 |
Category | Sifrei Emet |
Christian Bible part | Old Testament |
Order in the Christian part | 19 |
In the slightly different numbering system used in the Greek Septuagint and the Latin Vulgate, this psalm is Psalm 124.
The psalm forms a regular part of Jewish, Catholic, Lutheran, Anglican and other Protestant liturgies.
Following is the Hebrew text of Psalm 125:
Verse | Hebrew |
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1 | :שִׁיר, הַמַּעֲלוֹת
הַבֹּטְחִים בַּיהוָה-- כְּהַר-צִיּוֹן לֹא-יִמּוֹט, לְעוֹלָם יֵשֵׁב. |
2 | יְרוּשָׁלִַם-- הָרִים, סָבִיב לָהּ:
וַיהוָה, סָבִיב לְעַמּוֹ-- מֵעַתָּה, וְעַד-עוֹלָם. |
3 | כִּי לֹא יָנוּחַ, שֵׁבֶט הָרֶשַׁע-- עַל, גּוֹרַל הַצַּדִּיקִים:
לְמַעַן, לֹא-יִשְׁלְחוּ הַצַּדִּיקִים בְּעַוְלָתָה יְדֵיהֶם. |
4 | הֵיטִיבָה יְהוָה, לַטּוֹבִים; וְלִישָׁרִים, בְּלִבּוֹתָם. |
5 | וְהַמַּטִּים עֲקַלְקַלּוֹתָם-- יוֹלִיכֵם יְהוָה, אֶת-פֹּעֲלֵי הָאָוֶן:
שָׁלוֹם, עַל-יִשְׂרָאֵל. |
For "crooked ways", the Vulgate has the words in obligationes,[3] translated in the Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition as "such as turn aside into bonds".[4][5]
The concluding prayer for peace upon Israel recurs at the end of Psalm 128. It is best taken as a "detached clause", according to the Pulpit Commentary.[6]
This psalm is recited following Mincha between Sukkot and Shabbat Hagadol.[7]
Around 530, St. Benedict of Nursia used this for the office of Sext from Tuesday until Saturday, after Psalms 123 and 124, according to the Rule of St. Benedict.[8][9] Today its use is in the Liturgy of the Hours, being recited or sung at vespers on Monday of the third week of the four weekly liturgical cycle.
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