3The scepter of the wicked will not remain over the land allotted to the righteous, for then the righteous might use their hands to do evil.


In Context

1 Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion, which cannot be shaken but endures forever.

2 As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the Lord surrounds his people both now and forevermore.

3 The scepter of the wicked will not remain over the land allotted to the righteous, for then the righteous might use their hands to do evil.

4 Do good, O Lord , to those who are good, to those who are upright in heart.

5 But those who turn to crooked ways the Lord will banish with the evildoers. Peace be upon Israel.

Psalms 125:3 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

125:3For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

125:3For the Lord will not leave the rod of sinners upon the lot of the just: that the just may not stretch forth their hands to iniquity.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

125:3For the sceptre of wickedness shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; That the righteous put not forth their hands unto iniquity.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

125:3For the sceptre of wickedness shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

125:3For the sceptre of wickedness shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; that the righteous put not forth their hands unto iniquity.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

125:3For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands to iniquity.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

125:3For the scepter of wickedness won't remain over the allotment of the righteous; so that the righteous won't use their hands to do evil.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

125:3For the rod of wickedness resteth not On the lot of the righteous, That the righteous put not forth on iniquity their hands.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

125:3For the rod of the wicked shall not rest on the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands to iniquity.