Skip to main content

Psalms 125:3

For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity.

KJV

Magnificavit Dominus facere nobiscum ; facti sumus lætantes.

Vulgate

ἐμεγάλυνεν Κύριος τοῦ ποιῆσαι μεθ’ ἡμῶν, ἐγενήθημεν εὐφραινόμενοι.

LXX

For the sceptre of wickedness shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; That the righteous put not forth their hands unto iniquity.

ASV

כִּ֤י לֹ֪א יָנ֡וּחַ שֵׁ֤בֶט הָ/רֶ֗שַׁע עַל֮ גּוֹרַ֪ל הַֽ/צַּדִּ֫יקִ֥ים לְמַ֡עַן לֹא יִשְׁלְח֖וּ הַ/צַּדִּיקִ֨ים בְּ/עַוְלָ֬תָ/ה יְדֵי/הֶֽם

Hebrew

Open in reader with connections →

In the original Hebrew

12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

גּוֹרָ֖ל
gvrl
noun · 76×
הֵנִ֨יחַ
hnych
verb · 67×
וֹ
v
noun · 1620×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
לְמַ֣עַן
lm'n
preposition · 268×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
נִי
ny
verb · 838×
עַוְלָֽה
'vlh
noun · 52×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
צַדִּ֑יק
tsdyq
adjective · 199×
רֶ֑שַׁע
rsh'
noun · 30×
שֵׁ֣בֶט
shbt
noun · 189×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 10:13 — There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to esca
  • 1Cor 10:13 — There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to esca
  • 1Sam 24:10 — Behold, this day thine eyes have seen how that the LORD had delivered thee to day into mine hand in the cave: and some bade me kill thee: but mine eye spared thee; and I said, I will not put forth min
  • Isa 9:4 — For thou hast broken the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, as in the day of Midian.
  • Isa 10:5 — O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine indignation.
  • Isa 14:5 — The LORD hath broken the staff of the wicked, and the sceptre of the rulers.
  • Isa 14:5 — The LORD hath broken the staff of the wicked, and the sceptre of the rulers.
  • Isa 27:8 — In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it: he stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind.
  • Prov 22:8 — He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.
  • Prov 22:8 — He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.
  • Prov 30:9 — Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
  • Ps 16:5 — The LORD is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot.
  • Ps 66:9 — Which holdeth our soul in life, and suffereth not our feet to be moved.
  • Ps 89:22 — The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him.
  • Ps 94:15 — But judgment shall return unto righteousness: and all the upright in heart shall follow it.
  • Ps 97:10 — Ye that love the LORD, hate evil: he preserveth the souls of his saints; he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked.
  • Ps 103:9 — He will not always chide: neither will he keep his anger for ever.
  • Rev 2:10 — Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and