The Message Bible MSG
King James Version KJV
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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They that trust in the LORD shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever.
2 Mountains encircle Jerusalem, and God encircles his people - always has and always will.
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As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the LORD is round about his people from henceforth even for ever.
3 The fist of the wicked will never violate What is due the righteous, provoking wrongful violence.
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For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity.
4 Be good to your good people, God, to those whose hearts are right!
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Do good, O LORD, unto those that be good, and to them that are upright in their hearts.
5 God will round up the backsliders, corral them with the incorrigibles. Peace over Israel!
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As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, the LORD shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity: but peace shall be upon Israel.
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