Psalms 125:2

KJV1611 – Modern English

As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the LORD surrounds His people from now on and forevermore.

📖 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

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the LORD surrounds His people, from this time forth and forevermore.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  As the mountains{H2022} are round about{H5439} Jerusalem,{H3389} So Jehovah{H3068} is round about{H5439} his people{H5971} From this time forth and for{H5704} evermore.{H5769}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  As the mountains{H2022} are round about{H5439} Jerusalem{H3389}, so the LORD{H3068} is round about{H5439} his people{H5971} from henceforth even for{H5704} ever{H5769}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  The hilles stonde aboute Ierusalem, euen so stondeth the LORDE rounde aboute his people, fro this tyme forth for euermore.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  As the mountaines are about Ierusalem: so is the Lord about his people from henceforth and for euer.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  As for Hierusalem, hilles be rounde about it: and God is rounde about his people from this tyme foorth for euermore.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  As the mountains surround Jerusalem, So Yahweh surrounds his people from this time forth and forevermore.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Jerusalem! mountains `are' round about her, And Jehovah `is' round about His people, From henceforth even unto the age.

• American Standard Version (1901)

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

• American Standard Version (1901)

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

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the Lord is round about his people, from this time and for ever.

• World English Bible (2000)

  As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so Yahweh surrounds his people from this time forth and forevermore.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the LORD surrounds his people, now and forevermore.

Referenced Verses

• Zech 2:5 : 5 For I, says the LORD, will be a wall of fire around her, and will be the glory in her midst.
• John 10:28-29 : 28 And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish, nor shall anyone snatch them out of my hand. 29 My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of my Father's hand.
• Deut 33:27 : 27 The eternal God is your refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms: and he shall drive out the enemy from before you; and shall say, Destroy them.
• Ps 34:7 : 7 The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear him, and delivers them.
• Ps 121:8 : 8 The LORD shall preserve your going out and your coming in from this time forth, and even forevermore.
• 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 over all the glory shall be a defense.
• 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 could enter the gates of Jerusalem.