Chapter Text
125:1 A song of degrees. They that trust in the Lord, shalbe as mount Zion, which can not be remooued, but remaineth for euer.
125:2 As the mountaines are about Ierusalem: so is the Lord about his people from henceforth and for euer.
125:3 For the rod of the wicked shall not rest on the lot of the righteous, least the righteous put forth their hand vnto wickednes.
125:4 Doe well, O Lord, vnto those that be good and true in their hearts.
125:5 But these that turne aside by their crooked wayes, them shall the Lord leade with the workers of iniquitie: but peace shalbe vpon Israel.
Study Lenses
The verse centers on "song", "degrees", "trust", "lord", "shalbe", "mount", "zion", and "remooued". 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 GNV 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.