Psalms 125:2

In 11 translations

BSB

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

KJV

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

WEB

As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so Yahweh surrounds his people from this time forward and forever more.

ASV

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

LSV

Jerusalem! Mountains [are] around her, || And YHWH [is] around His people, || From now on—even for all time.

YLT

Jerusalem! mountains [are] round about her, And Jehovah [is] round about His people, From henceforth even unto the age.

DBY

Jerusalem! — mountains are round about her, and Jehovah is round about his people, from henceforth and for evermore.

DRC124:2

In Jerusalem. Mountains are round about it: so the Lord is round about his people from henceforth now and for ever.

GNV

As the mountaines are about Ierusalem: so is the Lord about his people from henceforth and for euer.

JPS

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

LXXE124:2

The mountains are round about her, and so the Lord is round about his people, from henceforth and even for ever.

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Original-language editions

WLC

יְֽרוּשָׁלִַ֗ם הָרִים֮ סָבִ֪יב לָ֥הּ וַ֭יהוָה סָבִ֣יב לְעַמּ֑וֹ מֵ֝עַתָּ֗ה וְעַד־עוֹלָֽם׃

LXX-Br124:2

ὄρη κύκλῳ αὐτῆς, καὶ ὁ Κύριος κύκλῳ τοῦ λαοῦ αὐτοῦ, ἀπὸ τοῦ νῦν καὶ ἕως τοῦ αἰῶνος.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Zechariah 2:5For I will be a wall of fire around it, declares the LORD, and I will be the glory within it.’”
• Psalms 121:8The LORD will watch over your coming and going, both now and forevermore.
• Isaiah 4:5Then the LORD will create over all of Mount Zion and over her assemblies a cloud of smoke by day and a glowing flame of fire by night. For over all the glory there will be a canopy,
• John 10:28–29I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them out of My hand. My Father who has given them to Me is greater than all. No one can snatch them out of My Father’s hand.
• Psalms 34:7The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear Him, and he delivers them.
• Deuteronomy 33:27The eternal God is your dwelling place, and underneath are the everlasting arms. He drives out the enemy before you, giving the command, ‘Destroy him!’
• Lamentations 4:12The kings of the earth did not believe, nor any people of the world, that an enemy or a foe could enter the gates of Jerusalem.

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