Israel’s Stability

¹Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion.

It cannot be shaken; it remains for ever.

²The mountains surround Jerusalem

and the Lord surrounds his people,

both now and for ever.

³The sceptre of the wicked will not remain

over the land allotted to the righteous,

so that the righteous will not apply their hands to injustice.

⁴Do what is good, Lord , to the good,

to those whose hearts are upright.

⁵But as for those who turn aside to crooked ways,

the Lord will banish them with the evildoers.

Peace be with Israel.