A paraphrase of Psalm 125, a Song of Ascents or pilgrimage hymn. I couldn't find a usable tune to suit it, so I wrote one on the spot; tune in when I release Profitable Hymns to get a look. ART: Mount Zion, engraved by W. Finden, 1836, after a sketch by F. Catherword, public domain.
Those who on the Lord rely
Stand like Zion's mount:
Firm, immovable for aye,
Guarded all around.
Evil's scepter shall not rest
On those reckoned just,
Lest iniquity should wrest
Them from pious trust.
Lord, do good unto the good,
Those upright at heart.
Grant that, having sin withstood,
They be set apart.
Those who turn to crooked ways
Cause, Lord, to decrease,
That on You may rest all praise,
And on Israel peace.
EDIT: All right, all right. Here it is:
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