People say wonderful things about you, O city of God. (Selah)

He allowed the hungry to settle there, and they established a city in which to live.

Jerusalem is a city designed to accommodate an assembly.

We heard about God’s mighty deeds, now we have seen them, in the city of the Lord, the invincible Warrior, in the city of our God. God makes it permanently secure. (Selah)

They return in the evening; they growl like a dog and prowl around outside the city.

They return in the evening; they growl like a dog and prowl around outside the city.

They wandered through the wilderness on a desert road; they found no city in which to live.

He led them on a level road, that they might find a city in which to live.

The enemy’s cities have been reduced to permanent ruins; you destroyed their cities; all memory of the enemies has perished.

The Lord deserves praise for he demonstrated his amazing faithfulness to me when I was besieged by enemies.

The river’s channels bring joy to the city of God, the special, holy dwelling place of the sovereign One.

A song, a psalm by the Korahites. The Lord is great and certainly worthy of praise in the city of our God, his holy hill.

Confuse them, O Lord! Frustrate their plans! For I see violence and conflict in the city.

Who will lead me into the fortified city? Who will bring me to Edom?

For God will deliver Zion and rebuild the cities of Judah, and his people will again live in them and possess Zion.

Each morning I will destroy all the wicked people in the land, and remove all evildoers from the city of the Lord.

Who will lead me into the fortified city? Who will bring me to Edom?

May there be an abundance of grain in the earth; on the tops of the mountains may it sway! May its fruit trees flourish like the forests of Lebanon! May its crops be as abundant as the grass of the earth!

A song of ascents, by Solomon. If the Lord does not build a house, then those who build it work in vain. If the Lord does not guard a city, then the watchman stands guard in vain.