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Вениамин Понкратов
Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion
Which cannot be shaken but will stand forever
So Lord surrounds His people as the mountains do with Jerusalem
From this time forth, forever and ever

The scepter of wickeds will not remain
Over the land allotted to righteous
Lest righteous might use their hands
To do evil and to fight us

Do good, O Lord, to those who are good,
And to those who are upright in their hearts!
But those who turn aside to their crooked ways
The Lord from Your face, please, depart

Please banish them with the evildoers
Please treat them as immaterial
O Lord, how I trust in Your word
Peace be upon Israel!