Psalms 125

1 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.

A Canticle in steps. Those who trust in the Lord will be like the mountain of Zion. He will not be disturbed for eternity, who dwells

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

in Jerusalem. Mountains surround it. And the Lord surrounds his people, from this time forward and even forever.

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

For the Lord will not allow the rod of sinners to remain over the lot of the just, so that the just may not extend their hands toward iniquity.

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

Do good, O Lord, to the good and to the upright of heart.

5 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!

But those who turn away into obligation, the Lord will lead away with the workers of iniquity. Peace be upon Israel.