“As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, the Lord shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity: but peace shall be upon Israel.”
But those who turn aside to their own crooked ways the LORD will lead away with the evildoers. Peace be upon Israel!
Church Fathers on Psalms 125:5
1. This Psalm, belonging to the number of the Songs of Degrees, teaches us, while we ascend and raise our minds unto the Lord our God in loving charity and piety, not to fix our gaze upon men who are prosperous in this world, with a happiness that is false and unstable, and altogether seductive; where they cherish nothing save pride, and their heart freezes up against God, and is made hard against the shower of His grace, so that it bears not fruit.... 2. “They that put…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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