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The Loʀᴅ Surrounds His People.
A Song of Ascents.
1 Those who trust in and rely on the Loʀᴅ [with confident expectation]
Are like Mount Zion, which cannot be moved but remains forever.
2 As the mountains surround Jerusalem,
So the Loʀᴅ surrounds His people
From this time forth and forever.
3 For the scepter of wickedness shall not rest on the land of the righteous,
So that the righteous will not reach out their hands to do wrong.
4 Do good, O Loʀᴅ, to those who are good
And to those who are upright in their hearts.
5 But as for those who turn aside to their crooked ways [in unresponsiveness to God],
The Loʀᴅ will lead them away with those who do evil.
Peace be upon Israel.