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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Psalms 125:3 - 125:3
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Though God may leave them for a time under the “rod,” or power (Psa 2:9), and oppression of the wicked for a time, as a chastisement, He will not suffer them to be tempted so as to fall into sin (1Co 10:13). The wicked shall only prove a correcting rod to them, not a destroying sword; even this rod shall not remain (“rest”) on them, lest they be tempted to despair and apostasy (Psa 73:13, Psa 73:14). God may even try His people to the uttermost: when nothing is before our eyes but pure despair, then He delivers us and gives life in death, and makes us blessed in the curse (2Co 1:8, 2Co 1:9) [Luther].
the lot - the possession, literally, “Canaan,” spiritually, the heavenly inheritance of holiness and bliss which is appointed to the righteous. Sin’s dominion shall not permanently come between the believer and his inheritance.