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1 [A song of ascents.] Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion, which cannot be shaken but endures for ever.
2 As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the LORD surrounds his people both now and for evermore.
3 The sceptre of the wicked will not remain over the land allotted to the righteous, for then the righteous might use their hands to do evil.
4 Do good, O LORD, to those who are good, to those who are upright in heart.
5 But those who turn to crooked ways the LORD will banish with the evildoers. Peace be upon Israel.
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