The LORD Surrounds His People
A Song of Ascents.
1 Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion,
which cannot be moved, but remains forever.
2 As the mountains surround Jerusalem,
so the Lord surrounds his people
from this time forward and forever more.
3 For the scepter of the wicked will not remain
over the land allotted to the righteous,
so that the righteous will not use their hands to do evil.
4 Do good, LORD, to those who are good,
to those who are upright in their hearts.
5 But as for those who turn away to their crooked ways,
the LORD will lead them away with the workers of iniquity.
Peace be on Israel.