Psalms 125:3
For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity.
Context
This verse from Psalms Chapter 125 connects to 10 cross-references. A Song of Ascent expressing confident trust: those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion that cannot be shaken. As mountains surround Jerusalem, so the Lord surrounds his people. The scepter of the wicked will not rest on …
Other Translations
For the sceptre of wickedness shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; That the righteous put not forth their hands unto iniquity.
For the rod of wickedness resteth not On the lot of the righteous, That the righteous put not forth on iniquity their hands.
For the rod of sinners will not be resting on the heritage of the upright; so that the upright may not put out their hands to evil.
Cross References
Behold, this day thine eyes have seen how that the Lord had delivered thee to day into mine hand in …
He hath put forth his hands against such as be at peace with him: he hath broken his covenant.
The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him.
He will not always chide: neither will he keep his anger for ever.
For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.
He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.
O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine indignation.
The Lord hath broken the staff of the wicked, and the sceptre of the rulers.
He who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, …
In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it: he stayeth his rough wind in the day of …