Third Millennium Bible TMB
GOD'S WORD Translation GW
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 the LORD are like Mount Zion, which can never be shaken. It remains firm forever.
2 As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the LORD is round about His people from henceforth, even for ever.
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[As] the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the LORD surrounds his people now and forever.
3 For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the allotment of the righteous, lest the righteous put forth their hands to do iniquity.
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A wicked ruler will not be allowed to govern the land set aside for righteous people. That is why righteous people do not use their power to do wrong.
4 Do good, O LORD, unto those that are good and to them that are upright in their hearts.
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Do good, O LORD, to those who are good, to those whose motives are decent.
5 As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, the LORD shall lead them away with the workers of iniquity; but peace shall be upon Israel.
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But when people become crooked, the LORD will lead them away with troublemakers. Let there be peace in Israel!
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