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Psalm 125

A psalm written by David for people going up to the temple to worship.

125 You Israelite people, answer this question:

What would have happened to us if Yahweh had not been helping us?

2 When our enemies attacked us,

if Yahweh had not been fighting for us,

3 we would have all been killed

because they were very angry with us!

4 They would have been like a flood of water sweeping us away;

it would have been as though the water had covered us,

5 and we would all have drowned in the flood.

6 But we praise Yahweh

because he has not allowed our enemies to destroy us.

7 We have escaped from our enemies as a bird escapes from the trap that hunters have set;

it is as though the trap that our enemies set for us was broken

and we have escaped from it!

8 Yahweh is the one who helps us;

he is the one who made heaven and the earth.

A psalm written for people going up to the temple to worship.

125 Those who trust in Yahweh are like Mount Zion,

which cannot be shaken or moved out of its place.

2 As the hills that surround Jerusalem protect it,

so Yahweh protects us, his people,

and he will protect us forever.

3 Wicked people should not be allowed to rule over the land where righteous people live.

If they did that, those righteous people would think of doing wrong themselves.

4 Yahweh, do good things to those who do good things to others

and to those who sincerely obey your commands.

5 But when you punish the Israelites who no longer obey you,

you will punish them the same as you punish all the other evildoers.

I wish that things may go well for people in Israel!