Psalms 125:2

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, So Jehovah is round about his people From this time forth and for evermore.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יְֽרוּשָׁלִַ֗ם הָרִים֮ סָבִ֢יב לָ֥הּ וַ֭יהוָה סָבִ֣יב לְעַמּ֑וֹ מֵ֝עַתָּ֗ה וְעַד־עוֹלָֽם׃

Transliteration

Yərûšālaim, hārîm sābîb to-her, wə-YHWH sābîb to-ʿammô, from-ʿattāh wə-until-ʿôlām.

Grammar Details

*Yərûšālaim*: proper noun - Jerusalem
*hārîm*: noun, masculine plural with definite article - mountains
*sābîb*: adverb - around/surrounding
*wə*: conjunction - and
*YHWH*: proper noun - the LORD
*ʿammô*: noun, masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his people
*ʿattāh*: adverb with prepositional prefix - from now
*ʿôlām*: noun, masculine singular - forever/eternity

Word Meanings

*sābîb*: around/surrounding/encircling
*ʿammô*: his people/his nation
*mēʿattāh wəʿad-ʿôlām*: from now and forever/from this time forth and forevermore

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Referenced Verses

Zech 2:5 : 5 For I, saith Jehovah, will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and I will be the glory in the midst of her.
John 10:28-29 : 28 and I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, and no one shall snatch them out of my hand. 29 My Father, who hath given [them] unto me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch [them] out of the Father's hand.
Deut 33:27 : 27 The eternal God is [thy] dwelling-place, And underneath are the everlasting arms. And he thrust out the enemy from before thee, And said, Destroy.
Ps 34:7 : 7 The angel of Jehovah encampeth round about them that fear him, And delivereth them.
Ps 121:8 : 8 Jehovah will keep thy going out and thy coming in From this time forth and for evermore.
Isa 4:5 : 5 And Jehovah will create over the whole habitation of mount Zion, and over her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night; for over all the glory [shall be spread] a covering.
Lam 4:12 : 12 The kings of the earth believed not, neither all the inhabitants of the world, That the adversary and the enemy would enter into the gates of Jerusalem.

Similar Verses (AI)

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1A Song of Ascents. They that trust in Jehovah Are as mount Zion, which cannot be moved, but abideth for ever.
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1A Psalm of the sons of Korah; a Song. His foundation is in the holy mountains.
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1A Song; a Psalm of the sons of Korah. Great is Jehovah, and greatly to be praised, In the city of our God, in his holy mountain.
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4Trust ye in Jehovah for ever; for in Jehovah, [even] Jehovah, is an everlasting rock.
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2Our feet are standing Within thy gates, O Jerusalem,
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5As birds hovering, so will Jehovah of hosts protect Jerusalem; he will protect and deliver [it], he will pass over and preserve [it].
Isa 2:14
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Isa 54:10
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71%
16And Jehovah will roar from Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but Jehovah will be a refuge unto his people, and a stronghold to the children of Israel.
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Ps 146:10
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Ps 16:8
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Ps 113:2
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