The Lord loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwelling places of Jacob.

Praise the Lord! Praise, you servants of the Lord, praise the name of the Lord!

Indeed, the leaders sit there on thrones and make legal decisions, on the thrones of the house of David.

He rejected the tent of Joseph; he did not choose the tribe of Ephraim.

Praise the Lord! Praise the name of the Lord! Offer praise, you servants of the Lord,

I thought, ‘You are gods; all of you are sons of the Most High.’

and a fruitful land into a barren place, because of the sin of its inhabitants.

The nobles of the nations assemble, along with the people of the God of Abraham, for God has authority over the rulers of the earth. He is highly exalted!

You led your people like a flock of sheep, by the hand of Moses and Aaron.

Rage takes hold of me because of the wicked, those who reject your law.

Your throne, O God, is permanent. The scepter of your kingdom is a scepter of justice.

O children of Abraham, God’s servant, you descendants of Jacob, God’s chosen ones!

There is little Benjamin, their ruler, and the princes of Judah in their robes, along with the princes of Zebulun and the princes of Naphtali.

I am not afraid of the multitude of people who attack me from all directions.

who turned a rock into a pool of water, a hard rock into springs of water!

My God, rescue me from the power of the wicked, from the hand of the cruel oppressor!

The kings of Tarshish and the coastlands will offer gifts; the kings of Sheba and Seba will bring tribute.

who serve in the Lord’s temple, in the courts of the temple of our God.

saying, “To you I will give the land of Canaan as the portion of your inheritance.”

The Lord values the lives of his faithful followers.