| New Living Translation | Berean Study Bible |
| 1Those who trust in the LORD are as secure as Mount Zion; they will not be defeated but will endure forever. | 1A song of ascents. Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion. It cannot be moved; it abides forever. |
| 2Just as the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the LORD surrounds his people, both now and forever. | 2As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the LORD surrounds His people, both now and forevermore. |
| 3The wicked will not rule the land of the godly, for then the godly might be tempted to do wrong. | 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. |
| 4O LORD, do good to those who are good, whose hearts are in tune with you. | 4Do good, O LORD, to those who are good, and to the upright in heart. |
| 5But banish those who turn to crooked ways, O LORD. Take them away with those who do evil. May Israel have peace! | 5But those who turn to crooked ways the LORD will banish with the evildoers. Peace be upon Israel. |
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