• 1. {A Song of degrees.}<br>
    They that confide in Jehovah are as mount Zion, which cannot be moved; it abideth for ever.
  • 2. Jerusalem! -- mountains are round about her, and Jehovah is round about his people, from henceforth and for evermore.
  • 3. For the sceptre of wickedness shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity.
  • 4. Do good, O Jehovah, unto the good, and to them that are upright in their hearts.
  • 5. But as for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, Jehovah will lead them forth with the workers of iniquity. Peace be upon Israel!