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Psalms 125:3

125:2 As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the LORD is round about his people from henceforth even for ever.
For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity. the wicked: Heb. wickedness

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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.

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

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

125:4 Do good, O LORD, unto those that be good, and to them that are upright in their hearts.

What does Psalms 125:3 mean?

Psalms 125:3 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include שֵׁבֶט (shêbeṭ), רֶשַׁע (reshaʻ), נוּחַ (nûwach).

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For
the
rodשֵׁבֶטshêbeṭ/shay'-bet/H7626a scion, i.e. (literally) a stick (for punishing, writing, fighting, ruling, walking, etc.) or (figuratively) a clan
of
the
wickedרֶשַׁעreshaʻ/reh'-shah/H7562a wrong (especially moral)
shall
not
restנוּחַnûwach/noo'-akh/H5117to rest, i.e. settle down; used in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, intransitive, transitive and causative (to dwell, stay, let fall, place, let alone, withdraw, give comfort, etc.)
upon
the
lotגּוֹרָלgôwrâl/go-rawl'/H1486properly, a pebble, i.e. a lot (small stones being used for that purpose); figuratively, a portion or destiny (as if determined by lot)
of
the
righteous;צַדִּיקtsaddîyq/tsad-deek'/H6662just
lestמַעַןmaʻan/mah'-an/H4616properly, heed, i.e. purpose; used only adverbially, on account of (as a motive or an aim), teleologically, in order that
the
righteousצַדִּיקtsaddîyq/tsad-deek'/H6662just
put
forthשָׁלַחshâlach/shaw-lakh'/H7971to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
their
handsיָדyâd/yawd/H3027a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
unto
iniquity.עֶוֶלʻevel/eh'-vel/H5766(moral) evil
the
wicked:
Heb.
wickedness

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Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 125:3.

Genesis 18:24

Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein?

Genesis 19:10

But the men put forth their hand, and pulled Lot into the house to them, and shut to the door.

Genesis 22:10

And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son.

Genesis 22:12

And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me.

Genesis 3:22

And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:

Genesis 8:9

But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth: then he put forth his hand, and took her, and pulled her in unto him into the ark. pulled: Heb. caused her to come

Numbers 36:3

And if they be married to any of the sons of the other tribes of the children of Israel, then shall their inheritance be taken from the inheritance of our fathers, and shall be put to the inheritance of the tribe whereunto they are received: so shall it be taken from the lot of our inheritance. whereunto: Heb. unto whom they shall be

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What does Psalms 125:3 say?

Psalms 125:3 (King James Version) reads: "For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity. the wicked: Heb. wickedness"

Is Psalms 125:3 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 125:3 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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