<p class="poetry">Walk around<n id="1" /> Zion! Encircle it!p> <p class="poetry">Count its towers!p>

<p class="poetry">May all who hate Zionp> <p class="poetry">be humiliated and turned back!p>

<p class="poetry">&#8220;I myself<n id="1" /> have installed<n id="2" /> my kingp> <p class="poetry">on Zion, my holy hill.&#8221;p>

<p class="poetry">Sing praises to the <sc>Lordsc>, who rules<n id="1" /> in Zion!p> <p class="poetry">Tell the nations what he has done!<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Because you favor Zion, do what is good for her!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Fortify<n id="2" /> the walls of Jerusalem!<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> loves the gates of Zionp> <p class="poetry">more than all the dwelling places of Jacob.p>

<p class="poetry">when the <sc>Lordsc> rebuilds Zion,p> <p class="poetry">and reveals his splendor,p>

<p class="poetry">Extol the <sc>Lordsc>, O Jerusalem!p> <p class="poetry">Praise your God, O Zion!p>

<p class="poetry">Let Israel rejoice in their Creator!p> <p class="poetry">Let the people<n id="1" /> of Zion delight in their king!<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Then I will<n id="1" /> tell about all your praiseworthy acts;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">in the gates of Daughter Zion<n id="3" /> I will rejoice because of your deliverance.&#8221;<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">Mount Zion rejoices;p> <p class="poetry">the towns<n id="1" /> of Judah are happy,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">because of your acts of judgment.<n id="3" />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">Remember your people<n id="1" /> whom you acquired in ancient times,p> <p class="poetry">whom you rescued<n id="2" /> so they could be your very own nation,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">as well as Mount Zion, where you dwell!p>

<p class="poetry">He chose the tribe of Judah,p> <p class="poetry">and Mount Zion, which he loves.p>

<p class="poetry">Zion hears and rejoices,p> <p class="poetry">the towns<n id="1" /> of Judah are happy,p> <p class="poetry">because of your judgments, O <sc>Lordsc>.p>

<p class="poetry">You will rise up and have compassion on Zion.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">For it is time to have mercy on her,p> <p class="poetry">for the appointed time has come.p>

<t /><p class="psasuper">A song of ascents.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Those who trust in the <sc>Lordsc> are like Mount Zion;p> <p class="poetry">it cannot be upended and will endure forever.p>

<t /><p class="psasuper">A song of ascents.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">When the <sc>Lordsc> restored the well-being of Zion,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">we thought we were dreaming.<n id="4" />p>

<t /><p class="poetry">By the rivers of Babylonp> <p class="poetry">we sit down and weep<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">when we remember Zion.p>

<p class="poetry">for there our captors ask us to compose songs;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">those who mock us demand that we be happy, saying:<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Sing for us a song about Zion!&#8221;<n id="3" />p>