1 - ?A song of ascents.?
Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion, which cannot be shaken but endures forever.
2 - As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the Lord surrounds his people both now and forevermore.
3 - 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 - Lord, do good to those who are good, to those who are upright in heart.
5 - But those who turn to crooked ways the Lord will banish with the evildoers. Peace be on Israel.