Commentary for Psalms 125:2
יְֽרוּשָׁלִַ֗ם הָרִים֮ סָבִ֪יב לָ֥הּ וַ֭יהוָה סָבִ֣יב לְעַמּ֑וֹ מֵ֝עַתָּ֗ה וְעַד־עוֹלָֽם׃
As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, So the LORD is round about His people, From this time forth and for ever.
Radak on Psalms
Jerusalem – Even though mountains surround her she lacks strength and the nations rule over her, conquering her one from another. And she will not have strength until the people of the Lord are within her, because then He will surround His people. Then His name will be a strength to them greater than mountains and the enemy will never again rule over them:
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Ibn Ezra on Psalms
Jerusalem has mountains – because they stand around her, and the Lord surrounds His people within her. Therefore the enemy cannot come lay siege to Jerusalem:
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