1.
They that trust in the LORD shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever.
Title. Same as Psalms 120 . See App-67 .
trust = confide. Hebrew. batah. App-69 .
the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4 . Shall be as mount Zion. Some codices, with one early printed edition and Syriac, read "are in Mount Zion". App-68 . for ever. Note the Figure of speech. Epistrophe ( App-6 ), the words being repeated at the end of the next line.
2.
As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the LORD is round about his people from henceforth even for ever.
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.
For = Surely.
rod, or cudgel.
the wicked = the wicked (or lawless) one. Hebrew. rasha, App-44 . Here the reference is to Sennacherib (Isaiah 30:31 ), but it looks forward to 2 Thessalonians 2:3 , 2 Thessalonians 2:4 .
rest upon = continue over,
lot = heritage (as allotted).
righteous. Plural: i.e. Hezekiah and the godly in Israel.
iniquity. Hebrew 'ava l. App-44 .
4.
Do good, O LORD, unto those that be good, and to them that are upright in their hearts.
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.
iniquity. Hebrew 'ava l. App-44 .