Chapter Text
125:1 {A Song of degrees.} They that confide in Jehovah are as mount Zion, which cannot be moved; it abideth for ever.
125:2 Jerusalem! mountains are round about her, and Jehovah is round about his people, from henceforth and for evermore.
125:3 For the sceptre of wickedness shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity.
125:4 Do good, O Jehovah, unto the good, and to them that are upright in their hearts.
125:5 But as for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, Jehovah will lead them forth with the workers of iniquity. Peace be upon Israel!
Study Lenses
The verse centers on "song", "degrees", "confide", "jehovah", "mount", "zion", "moved", and "abideth". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "song" and "degrees", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.
The local DBY text gives this verse as the immediate unit, so "song" and "degrees" carries the first interpretive weight. In Psalms context, the local focus is worship, trust, the LORD's kingship, and covenant mercy.
A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "song" and "degrees" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.