5 verses · The Message · Contemporary paraphrase
The Message by Eugene Peterson presents the Bible in the rhythms and idioms of contemporary American English. More than a translation, it is a paraphrase designed to help readers experience Scripture's impact as if hearing it for the first time.
Psalms Chapter 125 contains 5 verses and is presented here in the The Message (MSG), which uses a contemporary paraphrase approach. Read the full text below, compare with other translations, or navigate to any of the 150 chapters in Psalms.
1A pilgrim song Those who trust in God are like Zion Mountain: Nothing can move it, a rock-solid mountain you can always depend on.
2Mountains encircle Jerusalem, and God encircles his people— always has and always will.
3The fist of the wicked will never violate What is due the righteous, provoking wrongful violence.
4Be good to your good people, God, to those whose hearts are right!
5God will round up the backsliders, corral them with the incorrigibles. Peace over Israel!
Psalms 125 in the The Message (MSG) contains 5 verses. The MSG uses a contemporary paraphrase approach, first published in 2002.
The The Message uses contemporary paraphrase, rendering the text as a modern paraphrase in contemporary idioms. Compare this with the NIV (dynamic equivalence) version of Psalms 125 for a different perspective.
Psalms Chapter 125 contains 5 verses in the The Message. The book of Psalms has 150 chapters total.