Into the Fire

Psalm 125

Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion,
which cannot be shaken but endures forever.
As the mountains surround Jerusalem,
so the Lord surrounds His people
both now and forevermore.

The scepter of the wicked will not remain
over the land alloted to the righteous,
for then the righteous might use
their hands to do evil.

Do good, O Lord, to those who are good,
to those who are upright in heart.
But to those who turn to crooked ways
the Lord will banish with the evildoers.

Peace be upon Israel.

(NIV)