Psalm 125:3 - Psalms of David in Metre 1650 (Scottish Psalter)

³ For ill men's rod upon the lot of just men shall not lie; Lest righteous men stretch forth their hands unto iniquity.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ For the scepter of wickedness shall not rest upon the land of the [uncompromisingly] righteous, lest the righteous (God's people) stretch forth their hands to iniquity and apostasy.

American Standard Version (1901)

³ For the sceptre of wickedness shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; That the righteous put not forth their hands unto iniquity.

Common English Bible

³ The wicked rod won’t remain in the land given to the righteous so that they don’t use their hands to do anything wrong.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ The Lord has done great things for us. We have become joyful.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³ The Lord hath done great things for us: we are become joyful.

Psalm 125:3 Cross References

Psalm 103:14

For he remembers we are dust, and he our frame well knows.

Psalm 103:9

He will not chide continually, nor keep his anger still.

Psalm 55:20

'Gainst those that were at peace with him he hath put forth his hand: The covenant that he had made, by breaking he profan'd.

Psalm 89:22

On him the foe shall not exact, nor son of mischief wrong.