The Message Bible MSG
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1 Those who trust in God are like Zion Mountain: Nothing can move it, a rock-solid mountain you can always depend on.
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Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion, which cannot be shaken but endures forever.
2 Mountains encircle Jerusalem, and God encircles his people - always has and always will.
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As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the LORD surrounds his people both now and forevermore.
3 The fist of the wicked will never violate What is due the righteous, provoking wrongful violence.
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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 Be good to your good people, God, to those whose hearts are right!
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LORD, do good to those who are good, to those who are upright in heart.
5 God will round up the backsliders, corral them with the incorrigibles. Peace over 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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