< Psalmorum 125 >
1 canticum graduum qui confidunt in Domino sicut mons Sion non commovebitur in aeternum qui habitat
Those/We who trust in Yahweh are [as secure/steadfast] [SIM] as Zion Hill, which cannot be shaken and can never be moved.
2 in Hierusalem montes in circuitu eius et Dominus in circuitu populi sui ex hoc nunc et usque in saeculum
Like the hills that surround Jerusalem [protect the city], Yahweh protects [us], his people, and he will protect us forever.
3 quia non relinquet virgam peccatorum super sortem iustorum ut non extendant iusti ad iniquitatem manus suas
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.
4 benefac Domine bonis et rectis corde
Yahweh, do good things to those who do good things to others and to those who sincerely obey your commands [IDM].
5 declinantes autem in obligationes adducet Dominus cum operantibus iniquitatem pax super Israhel
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!