Psalm 125

ISRAEL’S STABILITY

A song of ascents.

1 Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion.

It cannot be shaken; it remains forever.a

2 The mountains surround Jerusalem

and the Lord surrounds his people,

both now and forever.b

3 The scepter of the wicked will not remain

over the land allotted to the righteous,

so that the righteous will not apply their hands to injustice.c

4 Do what is good, Lord, to the good,

to those whose hearts are upright.d

5 But as for those who turn aside to crooked ways,

the Lord will banish them with the evildoers.e

Peace be with Israel.f