<p class="poetry">For a short time your special<n id="1" /> nation possessed a land,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">but then our adversaries knocked down<n id="3" /> your holy sanctuary.p>

<p class="poetry">By your loyal love you will lead<n id="1" /> the people whom<n id="2" /> you have redeemed;p> <p class="poetry">you will guide<n id="3" /> them by your strength to your holy dwelling place.p>

<p class="poetry">But as for me,<n id="1" /> because of your great faithfulness I will enter your house;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">I will bow down toward your holy temple as I worship you.<n id="3" />p>

<t /><p class="psasuper">A psalm of David.p> <p class="poetry"><sc>Lordsc>, who may be a guest in your home?<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Who may live on your holy hill?<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Hear my plea for mercy when I cry out to you for help,p> <p class="poetry">when I lift my hands<n id="1" /> toward your holy temple!<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Reveal<n id="1" /> your light<n id="2" /> and your faithfulness!p> <p class="poetry">They will lead me,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">they will escort<n id="4" /> me back to your holy hill,<n id="5" />p> <p class="poetry">and to the place where you live.<n id="6" />p>

<p class="poetry">Do not reject me!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Do not take your Holy Spirit<n id="2" /> away from me!<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Deliver us, O <sc>Lordsc>, our God!p> <p class="poetry">Gather us from among the nations!p> <p class="poetry">Then we will give thanks<n id="1" /> to your holy name,p> <p class="poetry">and boast about your praiseworthy deeds.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Your chosen<n id="1" /> cities have become a desert;p> <p class="poetry">Zion has become a desert,p> <p class="poetry">Jerusalem<n id="2" /> is a desolate ruin.p>

<p class="poetry">I thought<n id="1" /> I had been banished from your sight,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">that I would never again<n id="3" /> see your holy temple!<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">Say this prayer:<n id="1" /> &#8220;Deliver us, O God who delivers us!p> <p class="poetry">Gather us! Rescue us from the nations!p> <p class="poetry">Then we will give thanks<n id="2" /> to your holy name,p> <p class="poetry">and boast about your praiseworthy deeds.&#8221;<n id="3" />p>

O <sc>Lordsc> our God, all this wealth, which we have collected to build a temple for you to honor your holy name, comes from you; it all belongs to you.

You made known to them your holy Sabbath; you issued commandments, statutes, and law to them through<n id="1" /> Moses your servant.

<t /><p class="psasuper">A psalm of Asaph.p> <p class="poetry">O God, foreigners<n id="2" /> have invaded your chosen land;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">they have polluted your holy templep> <p class="poetry">and turned Jerusalem<n id="4" /> into a heap of ruins.p>

<p class="poetry">I will bow down toward your holy temple,p> <p class="poetry">and give thanks to your name,p> <p class="poetry">because of your loyal love and faithfulness,p> <p class="poetry">for you have exalted your promise above the entire sky.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">Look down from heaven and take notice,p> <p class="poetry">from your holy, majestic palace!p> <p class="poetry">Where are your zeal<n id="1" /> and power?p> <p class="poetry">Do not hold back your tender compassion!<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">When my life<n id="1" /> was ebbing away,<n id="2" /> I called out to<n id="3" /> the <sc>Lordsc>,p> <p class="poetry">and my prayer came to your holy temple.<n id="4" />p>

Look down from your holy dwelling place in heaven and bless your people Israel and the land you have given us, just as you promised our ancestors &#8211; a land flowing with milk and honey.&#8221;p>

O Lord, according to all your justice,<n id="1" /> please turn your raging anger<n id="2" /> away from your city Jerusalem, your holy mountain. For due to our sins and the iniquities of our ancestors, Jerusalem and your people are mocked by all our neighbors.p>

<p class="poetry">&#8220;Seventy weeks<n id="1" /> have been determinedp> <p class="poetry">concerning your people and your holy cityp> <p class="poetry">to put an end to<n id="2" /> rebellion,p> <p class="poetry">to bring sin<n id="3" /> to completion,<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">to atone for iniquity,p> <p class="poetry">to bring in perpetual<n id="5" /> righteousness,p> <p class="poetry">to seal up<n id="6" /> the prophetic vision,<n id="7" />p> <p class="poetry">and to anoint a most holy place.<n id="8" />p>