Psalms 125:2

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the LORD is round about his people from henceforth even for ever.

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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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Zech 2:5 : 5 For I, saith the LORD, will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and 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, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. 29 My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand.
Deut 33:27 : 27 The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms: and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; and shall say, Destroy them.
Ps 34:7 : 7 The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them.
Ps 121:8 : 8 The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.
Isa 4:5 : 5 And the LORD will create upon every dwelling place of mount Zion, and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night: for upon all the glory shall be a defence.
Lam 4:12 : 12 The kings of the earth, and all the inhabitants of the world, would not have believed that the adversary and the enemy should have entered into the gates of Jerusalem.

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1A Psalm or Song for the sons of Korah. His foundation is in the holy mountains.
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1A Song and Psalm for the sons of Korah. Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised{H8794)} in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness.
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