Chapter Text
125:1 A Song of the Ascents. Those trusting in Jehovah <FI>are<Fi> as Mount Zion, It is not moved--to the age it abideth.
125:2 Jerusalem! mountains <FI>are<Fi> round about her, And Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> round about His people, From henceforth even unto the age.
125:3 For the rod of wickedness resteth not On the lot of the righteous, That the righteous put not forth on iniquity their hands.
125:4 Do good, O Jehovah, to the good, And to the upright in their hearts.
125:5 As to those turning <FI>to<Fi> their crooked ways, Jehovah causeth them to go with workers of iniquity. Peace on Israel!
Study Lenses
The verse centers on "song", "ascents", "trusting", "jehovah", "mount", "zion", "moved--to", and "abideth". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "song" and "ascents", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.
The local YLT text gives this verse as the immediate unit, so "song" and "ascents" 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 "ascents" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.