< Psalms 125 >

1 Those/We who trust in Yahweh are [as secure/steadfast] [SIM] as Zion Hill, which cannot be shaken and can never be moved.
[A Song of Ascents.] Those who trust in Jehovah are as Mount Zion, which cannot be moved, but remains forever.
2 Like the hills that surround Jerusalem [protect the city], Yahweh protects [us], his people, and he will protect us forever.
As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so Jehovah surrounds his people from this time forth and forevermore.
3 Wicked people [MTY] should not [be allowed to] rule over the land where righteous [people] live. If they did that, those righteous [people] might [(be encouraged to imitate them and]) do things that are wrong.
For the scepter of wickedness won't remain over the allotment of the righteous; so that the righteous won't use their hands to do evil.
4 Yahweh, do good things to those who do good things to others and to those who sincerely obey your commands [IDM].
Do good, Jehovah, to those who are good, to those who are upright in their hearts.
5 But when you punish the wicked people [who are not Israelis], also punish those [Israelis] who turn away from walking on the good roads [MET] that you have shown them! I wish that things will go well for [people in] Israel!
But as for those who turn aside to their crooked ways, Jehovah will lead them away with evildoers. Peace be on Israel.

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