Psalms 125:1

A song of ascents.

1 Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion, which cannot be shaken but endures forever.

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Psalms 125:1 in Other Translations

KJV

1 They that trust in the LORD shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever.

ESV

1 Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion, which cannot be moved, but abides forever.

NLT

1 Those who trust in the LORD are as secure as Mount Zion; they will not be defeated but will endure forever.

MSG

1 Those who trust in God are like Zion Mountain: Nothing can move it, a rock-solid mountain you can always depend on.

CSB

1 Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion. It cannot be shaken; it remains forever.

Psalms 125:1 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 125:1

They that trust in the Lord [shall be] as Mount Zion
Who trust not in themselves, and in their own hearts; nor in anything of theirs, their strength or wisdom, riches or righteousness; nor in any creature whatever, in the mightiest or best of men; but in the Lord; in God, as the God of nature and providence, for all temporal mercies; and in him, as the God of grace, for all spiritual and eternal ones; who should be trusted in at all times, whether of affliction, temptation, or darkness; for which there is abundant reason. The Targum is,

``the righteous that trust in the Word of the Lord;''

in Christ the essential Word, who is trusted in by all that know him, and that know there is salvation in him, and in no other: these trust in him for acceptance with God, for a justifying righteousness, for remission of sin, for all supplies of grace, and for eternal life; and such are like Mount Zion for many things, being beloved and chosen of God, enjoying his presence, and the blessings of his grace; and being the joy of the whole earth, and a perfection of beauty; but here for their firmness and stability, as follows. Arama observes, that Mount Zion is made mention of, because here the prophecy was given; to which may be added, the psalmist was upon it, and had it in view, when he compared those that trust in the Lord unto it;

[which] cannot be removed, [but] abideth for ever:
either, which Mount Zion is immovable, and continually abides, for which reason the church and people of God are compared unto it; or everyone of those that trust in the Lord, like that, can never be removed, but always abide: they can never be removed from the Lord, though they may be removed from his house and ordinances, as sometimes David was; and from his gracious presence, and sensible communion with him, and out of the world by death; yet never from his heart's love, nor out of the covenant of his grace, which is sure and everlasting; nor out of his family, into which they are taken; nor from the Lord Jesus Christ, nor out of his hands and arms, nor from off his heart; nor from off him, the foundation on which they are laid; nor out of a state of grace, either regeneration or justification; but such abide in the love of God, in the covenant of his grace, in the hands of his Son, in the grace wherein they stand, and in the house of God for evermore.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible