The Webster Bible WBT
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1 A Song of degrees. They that trust in the LORD, [shall be] as mount Zion, [which] cannot be removed, [but] abideth for ever.
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Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion, which cannot be shaken but endures forever.
2 [As] the mountains [are] round Jerusalem, so the LORD [is] around his people from henceforth even for ever.
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As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the LORD surrounds his people both now and forevermore.
3 For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands to iniquity.
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The scepter of the wicked will not remain over the land allotted to the righteous, for then the righteous might use their hands to do evil.
4 Do good, O LORD, to [those that] are good, and to [them that are] upright in their hearts.
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LORD, do good to those who are good, to those who are upright in heart.
5 As for such as turn aside to their crooked ways, the LORD shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity: [but] peace [shall be] upon Israel.
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But those who turn to crooked ways the LORD will banish with the evildoers. Peace be on Israel.
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