1Те, кто надеется на Вечного, – как гора Сион: не поколеблются, пребудут вовеки.2Как горы окружают Иерусалим, так Вечный окружает Свой народ отныне и вовеки.3Не вечно власти нечестивых быть на земле, принадлежащей праведным, иначе праведные, по их примеру, сами станут творить беззаконие.4Будь добр, Вечный, к добрым и правым в сердцах своих.5Но тех, кто следует кривыми путями, да отвергнет Вечный вместе со злодеями. Мир Исраилу!
A song for those who go up to Jerusalem to worship the Lord. A psalm of David.
1Here is what Israel should say. Suppose the LORD had not been on our side.2Suppose the LORD had not been on our side when our enemies attacked us.3Suppose he had not been on our side when their burning anger blazed out against us. Then they would have swallowed us alive.4They would have been like a flood that drowned us. They would have swept over us like a rushing river.5They would have washed us away like a swollen stream.6Give praise to the LORD. He has not let our enemies chew us up.7We have escaped like a bird from a hunter’s trap. The trap has been broken, and we have escaped.8Our help comes from the LORD. He is the Maker of heaven and earth.