Revised Standard Version RSV
Good News Translation GNT
1 A Song of Ascents. Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion, which cannot be moved, but abides for ever.
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Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion, which can never be shaken, never be moved.
2 As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the LORD is round about his people, from this time forth and for evermore.
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As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the Lord surrounds his people, now and forever.
3 For the scepter of wickedness shall not rest upon the land allotted to the righteous, lest the righteous put forth their hands to do wrong.
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The wicked will not always rule over the land of the righteous; if they did, the righteous themselves might do evil.
4 Do good, O LORD, to those who are good, and to those who are upright in their hearts!
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Lord, do good to those who are good, to those who obey your commands.
5 But those who turn aside upon their crooked ways the LORD will lead away with evildoers! Peace be in Israel!
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But when you punish the wicked, punish also those who abandon your ways. Peace be with Israel!
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.