Meet God in Scripture

Meet God in Psalms 125:1

“They that trust in the LORD shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever.”

Psalms 125:1 (KJV)

Six ways to encounter God here

A passage is not only to be understood; it is to be lived with. Choose how you want to meet God in Psalms 125:1, and Living Bread opens it right there.

Read itSit with the words themselves in The Word.Study itContext, cross-references, and questions in Bible Study.Be still in itLet it quiet you in the Sanctuary.Pray itTurn it into a prayer of your own.Hide it in your heartMemorize it, word by word.Encounter it togetherGather a few people to walk through it.

The passage in its setting

Meeting God in a verse begins with hearing it where it lives, in the flow of Psalms 125. Read it slowly, and let the focal verse settle into its own context.

1 They that trust in the LORD shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever.

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

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.

The web of Scripture around it

Where this passage echoes across the Bible, from the cross-reference graph, 14 connected Scriptures. Each one is a door to meet God there too.

  • Jeremiah 17:7Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is.
  • Psalms 62:2He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defence; I shall not be greatly moved.
  • Proverbs 3:5Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
  • Psalms 118:8It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man.
  • Psalms 120:1In my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he heard me.
  • Zechariah 1:17Cry yet, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; My cities through prosperity shall yet be spread abroad; and the LORD shall yet comfort Zion, and shall yet choose Jerusalem.
  • Psalms 25:2O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let not mine enemies triumph over me.
  • Psalms 34:22The LORD redeemeth the soul of his servants: and none of them that trust in him shall be desolate.
  • 1 Chronicles 5:20And they were helped against them, and the Hagarites were delivered into their hand, and all that were with them: for they cried to God in the battle, and he was intreated of them; because t…
  • Psalms 121:1I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.
  • Psalms 27:1The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
  • Psalms 62:6He only is my rock and my salvation: he is my defence; I shall not be moved.
  • Isaiah 12:6Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion: for great is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee.
  • Ephesians 1:12That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ.

More to meet God in Psalms

Psalms 23:1Psalms 46:10Psalms 91:1Psalms 27:1Psalms 139:14Psalms 34:18Psalms 118:24Psalms 46:1Psalms 37:4Psalms 121:1Psalms 19:1Psalms 51:10Psalms 118:6Psalms 30:5

How it points to Christ

Every Scripture ultimately leads to Jesus. See how the whole Bible points to Him in Christ in all Scripture, then meet Him for yourself.