Abide forever in God;

to trust elsewhere will lead to

disappointment

A song for those who go up to Jerusalem to worship the Lord.

¹ Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion.
They will always be secure. They will last forever.
² Like the mountains around Jerusalem,
the Lord is all around his people
both now and forever.

³ Evil people will not always rule
the land the Lord gave to those who do right.
If they did, those who do right
might do what is evil.

⁴ Lord, do good to those who are good.
Do good to those whose hearts are honest.
⁵ But the Lord will drive out those who have taken crooked paths.
He will drive them out with those who do evil things.

May Israel enjoy peace.