<p class="poetry">People say wonderful things about you,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">O city of God. (Selah)p>

<p class="poetry">He allowed the hungry to settle there,p> <p class="poetry">and they established a city in which to live.p>

<p class="poetry">Jerusalem<n id="1" /> is a city designedp> <p class="poetry">to accommodate an assembly.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">We heard about God&#8217;s mighty deeds, now we have seen them,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">in the city of the <sc>Lordsc>, the invincible Warrior,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">in the city of our God.p> <p class="poetry">God makes it permanently secure.<n id="3" /> (Selah)p>

<p class="poetry">They return in the evening;p> <p class="poetry">they growl<n id="1" /> like a dogp> <p class="poetry">and prowl around outside<n id="2" /> the city.p>

<p class="poetry">They return in the evening;p> <p class="poetry">they growl<n id="1" /> like a dogp> <p class="poetry">and prowl around outside<n id="2" /> the city.p>

<p class="poetry">They wandered through the wilderness on a desert road;p> <p class="poetry">they found no city in which to live.p>

<p class="poetry">He led them on a level road,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">that they might find a city in which to live.p>

<p class="poetry">The enemy&#8217;s cities have been reduced to permanent ruins;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">you destroyed their cities;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">all memory of the enemies has perished.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> deserves praise<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">for he demonstrated his amazing faithfulness to me when I was besieged by enemies.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">The river&#8217;s channels bring joy to the city of God,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">the special, holy dwelling place of<n id="2" /> the sovereign One.<n id="3" />p>

<t /><p class="psasuper">A song, a psalm by the Korahites.p> <p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> is great and certainly worthy of praisep> <p class="poetry">in the city of our God,<n id="2" /> his holy hill.p>

<p class="poetry">Confuse them,<n id="1" /> O Lord!p> <p class="poetry">Frustrate their plans!<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">For I see violence and conflict in the city.p>

<p class="poetry">Who will lead me into the fortified city?p> <p class="poetry">Who will bring me to Edom?<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">For God will deliver Zionp> <p class="poetry">and rebuild the cities of Judah,p> <p class="poetry">and his people<n id="1" /> will again live in them and possess Zion.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Each morning I will destroy all the wicked people in the land,p> <p class="poetry">and remove all evildoers from the city of the <sc>Lordsc>.p>

<p class="poetry">Who will lead me into the fortified city?p> <p class="poetry">Who will bring me to Edom?<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">May there be<n id="1" /> an abundance<n id="2" /> of grain in the earth;p> <p class="poetry">on the tops<n id="3" /> of the mountains may it<n id="4" /> sway!<n id="5" />p> <p class="poetry">May its<n id="6" /> fruit trees<n id="7" /> flourish<n id="8" /> like the forests of Lebanon!<n id="9" />p> <p class="poetry">May its crops<n id="10" /> be as abundant<n id="11" /> as the grass of the earth!<n id="12" />p>

<t /><p class="psasuper">A song of ascents,<n id="2" /> by Solomon.p> <p class="poetry">If the <sc>Lordsc> does not build a house,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">then those who build it work in vain.p> <p class="poetry">If the <sc>Lordsc> does not guard a city,<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">then the watchman stands guard in vain.p>