<p class="poetry">Certainly<n id="1" /> the <sc>Lordsc> has chosen Zion;p> <p class="poetry">he decided to make it his home.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> deserves praise in Zion<n id="1" /> &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">he who dwells in Jerusalem.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Praise the <sc>Lordsc>!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">So<n id="1" /> the sovereign master<n id="2" /> will afflict the foreheads of Zion&#8217;s women<n id="3" /> with skin diseases,<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">the <sc>Lordsc> will make the front of their heads bald.&#8221;<n id="5" />p>

<p class="poetry">For the <sc>Lordsc> has planned a day of revenge,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">a time when he will repay Edom for her hostility toward Zion.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">I first decreed to Zion, &#8216;Look, here&#8217;s what will happen!&#8217;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I sent a herald to Jerusalem.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">&#8220;A protector<n id="1" /> comes to Zion,p> <p class="poetry">to those in Jacob who repent of their rebellious deeds,&#8221;<n id="2" /> says the <sc>Lordsc>.p>

<p class="poetry">For wild animals<n id="1" /> are prowling over Mount Zion,p> <p class="poetry">which lies desolate.p>

<p class="poetry">Blow the trumpet<n id="1" /> in Zion.p> <p class="poetry">Announce a holy fast;p> <p class="poetry">proclaim a sacred assembly!p>

<p class="poetry">I will avenge<n id="1" /> their blood which I had not previously acquitted.p> <p class="bodytext">It is the <sc>Lordsc> who dwells in Zion!p>

&#8220;Escape, Zion, you who live among the Babylonians!&#8221;<n id="1" />

<p class="poetry">For a remnant will leave Jerusalem;p> <p class="poetry">survivors will come out of Mount Zion.p> <p class="poetry">The intense devotion of the sovereign <sc>Lordsc><n id="1" /> to his people<n id="2" /> will accomplish this.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>

<t /><p class="psasuper">For the music director; a psalm of David, a song.p> <p class="poetry">Praise awaits you,<n id="2" /> O God, in Zion.p> <p class="poetry">Vows made to you are fulfilled.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">They are sustained as they travel along;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">each one appears<n id="2" /> before God in Zion.p>