<p class="poetry">He lives in Salem;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">he dwells in Zion.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">They raped<n id="1" /> women in Zion,p> <p class="poetry">virgins in the towns of Judah.p>

<p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> is elevated<n id="1" /> in Zion;p> <p class="poetry">he is exalted over all the nations.p>

<p class="poetry">so they may proclaim the name of the <sc>Lordsc> in Zion,p> <p class="poetry">and praise him<n id="1" /> in Jerusalem,<n id="2" />p>

<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">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>

<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">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>

<p class="poetry">Those remaining in Zion,<n id="1" /> those left in Jerusalem,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">will be called &#8220;holy,&#8221;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">all in Jerusalem who are destined to live.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">like heat<n id="1" /> in a dry land,p> <p class="poetry">you humble the boasting foreigners.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Just as the shadow of a cloud causes the heat to subside,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">so he causes the song of tyrants to cease.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">I am bringing my deliverance near, it is not far away;p> <p class="poetry">I am bringing my salvation near,<n id="1" /> it does not wait.p> <p class="poetry">I will save Zion;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">I will adorn Israel with my splendor.&#8221;<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">The exiles from Judah will say,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8216;The <sc>Lordsc> has brought about a great deliverance for us!<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Come on, let&#8217;s go and proclaim in Zionp> <p class="poetry">what the <sc>Lordsc> our God has done!&#8217;p>

<p class="lamhebrew">&#1499; (<i>Kafi>)p> <p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> fully vented<n id="1" /> his wrath;p> <p class="poetry">he poured out his fierce anger.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">He started a fire in Zion;p> <p class="poetry">it consumed her foundations.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Many nations have now assembled against you.p> <p class="poetry">They say, &#8220;Jerusalem must be desecrated,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">so we can gloat over Zion!&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Therefore, this is what the sovereign master, the <sc>Lord,sc> says:p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Look, I am laying<n id="1" /> a stone in Zion,p> <p class="poetry">an approved<n id="2" /> stone,p> <p class="poetry">set in place as a precious cornerstone for the foundation.<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">The one who maintains his faith will not panic.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">For people will live in Zion;p> <p class="poetry">in Jerusalem<n id="1" /> you will weep no more.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">When he hears your cry of despair, he will indeed show you mercy;p> <p class="poetry">when he hears it, he will respond to you.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">They will surrender their stronghold<n id="1" /> because of fear;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">their officers will be afraid of the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s battle flag.&#8221;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">This is what the <sc>Lordsc> says &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">the one whose fire is in Zion,p> <p class="poetry">whose firepot is in Jerusalem.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">Each of them<n id="1" /> will be like a shelter from the windp> <p class="poetry">and a refuge from a rainstorm;p> <p class="poetry">like streams of water in a dry regionp> <p class="poetry">and like the shade of a large cliff in a parched land.p>

<p class="poetry">Sinners are afraid in Zion;p> <p class="poetry">panic<n id="1" /> grips the godless.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">They say,<n id="3" /> &#8216;Who among us can coexist with destructive fire?p> <p class="poetry">Who among us can coexist with unquenchable<n id="4" /> fire?&#8217;p>