| Berean Study Bible | NET Bible |
| 1A song of ascents. Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion. It cannot be moved; it abides forever. | 1A song of ascents. Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion; it cannot be upended and will endure forever. |
| 2As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the LORD surrounds His people, both now and forevermore. | 2As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the LORD surrounds his people, now and forevermore. |
| 3For the scepter of the wicked will not rest upon the land allotted to the righteous, so that the righteous will not put forth their hands to injustice. | 3Indeed, the scepter of a wicked king will not settle upon the allotted land of the godly. Otherwise the godly might do what is wrong. |
| 4Do good, O LORD, to those who are good, and to the upright in heart. | 4Do good, O LORD, to those who are good, to the morally upright! |
| 5But those who turn to crooked ways the LORD will banish with the evildoers. Peace be upon Israel. | 5As for those who are bent on traveling a sinful path, may the LORD remove them, along with those who behave wickedly! May Israel experience peace! |
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