English Standard Version ESV
The Message Bible MSG
1 Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion, which cannot be moved, but abides forever.
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Those who trust in God are like Zion Mountain: Nothing can move it, a rock-solid mountain you can always depend on.
2 As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the LORD surrounds his people, from this time forth and forevermore.
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Mountains encircle Jerusalem, and God encircles his people - always has and always will.
3 For the scepter of wickedness shall not rest on the land allotted to the righteous, lest the righteous stretch out their hands to do wrong.
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The fist of the wicked will never violate What is due the righteous, provoking wrongful violence.
4 Do good, O LORD, to those who are good, and to those who are upright in their hearts!
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Be good to your good people, God, to those whose hearts are right!
5 But those who turn aside to their crooked ways the LORD will lead away with evildoers! Peace be upon Israel!
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God will round up the backsliders, corral them with the incorrigibles. Peace over Israel!
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Published by permission. Originally published by NavPress in English as THE MESSAGE: The Bible in Contemporary Language copyright 2002 by Eugene Peterson. All rights reserved.