Psalms 125

1 A song of ascents. Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion. It cannot be moved; it abides forever.

A song for pilgrims going up to Jerusalem. Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion, for it is unshakeable and endures forever.

2 As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the LORD surrounds His people, both now and forevermore.

In the same way that the mountains surround Jerusalem, the Lord surrounds his people, now and forever.

3 For the scepter of the wicked will not rest upon the land allotted to the righteous, so that the righteous will not put forth their hands to injustice.

The wicked will not always rule over the land of the faithful, otherwise the faithful might also end up doing wrong.

4 Do good, O LORD, to those who are good, and to the upright in heart.

Lord, please do good to those who do good, those who sincerely do what is right.

5 But those who turn to crooked ways the LORD will banish with the evildoers. Peace be upon Israel.

But as for those who turn aside to follow their own crooked ways—those the Lord will lead them away together with those who do evil. May Israel be at peace!