-an oppressive, persecuting regime
-a difficult, unpredictable superior
- an uncongenial circumstance
--We must look beyond it in our prayers, and pray for the coming divine settlement (TWWAW!) of all things, when at last the Lord's Israel (verse 5b), you and me and all who trust in Jesus as Saviour, will enter into perfect peace: the full reality of peace with God, the peace of perfect fellowship among perfected saints, and the peace of our characters at last fully fashioned in the likeness of Christ.
--Alec Motyer, on Psalm 125
(I use brit spelling as nod to author and slight nod to Jason MacGregor and Sid Crosby--O canada)
