3 For the scepter of wickedness won't remain over the allotment of the righteous; So that the righteous won't use their hands to do evil.
He who sows wickedness reaps trouble, And the rod of his fury will be destroyed.
No enemy will tax him. No wicked man will oppress him.
He will not always accuse; Neither will he stay angry forever.
For he knows how we are made. He remembers that we are dust.
In measure, when you send them away, you do contend with them; he has removed [them] with his rough blast in the day of the east wind.
No temptation has taken you except what is common to man. God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above what you are able, but will with the temptation also make the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.
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Commentary on Psalms 125 Matthew Henry Commentary
Psalm 125
This short psalm may be summed up in those words of the prophet (Isa. 3:10, 11), "Say you to the righteous, It shall be well with him. Woe to the wicked, it shall be will with him.' Thus are life and death, the blessing and the curse, set before us often in the psalms, as well as in the law and the prophets.
Some of the Jewish rabbies are of opinion that it has reference to the days of the Messiah; however, we that are members of the gospel-church may certainly, in singing this psalm, take comfort of these promises, and the more so if we stand in awe of the threatening.
A song of degrees.
Psa 125:1-3
Here are three very precious promises made to the people of God, which, though they are designed to secure the welfare of the church in general, may be applied by particular believers to themselves, as other promises of this nature may. Here is,
Psa 125:4-5
Here is,