Chapter Text
125:1 They that trust in the LORD shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever.
125:2 As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the LORD is round about his people from henceforth even for ever.
125:3 For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity.
125:4 Do good, O LORD, unto those that be good, and to them that are upright in their hearts.
125:5 As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, the LORD shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity: but peace shall be upon Israel.
Study Lenses
The verse centers on "trust", "lord", "shall", "mount", "zion", "removed", "abideth", and "ever". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "trust" and "lord", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.
The local KJV text gives this verse as the immediate unit, so "trust" and "lord" 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 "trust" and "lord" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.