My soul shall make her boast in LORD. The humble shall hear of it, and be glad.

For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.

O spare me, that I may recover strength before I go from here, and be no more.

Inside, the king's daughter is all glorious. Her clothing is embroidered with gold.

She shall be led to the king in broidered work. The virgins, her companions who follow her, shall be brought to thee.

God is in the midst of her. She shall not be moved. God will help her, and that right early.

God has made himself known in her palaces for a refuge.

Walk about Zion, and go round about her. Number the towers of it,

mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces, that ye may tell it to the generation following.

Their poison is like the poison of a serpent, like the deaf adder that stops her ear,

Though ye lay between two boundaries, [it is as] the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her pinions with yellow gold.

Rulers shall come out of Egypt. Ethiopia shall hasten to stretch out her hands to God.

Therefore his people return here, and waters of a full [cup] are drained by them.

Raise a song, and bring here the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.

Yea, the sparrow has found her a house, and the swallow a nest for herself where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O LORD of hosts, my King and my God.

Yea, of Zion it shall be said, this and that man was born in her, and the Most High himself will establish her.

Thou will arise, and have mercy upon Zion, for it is time to have pity upon her, yea, the set time has come.

For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and have pity upon her dust.

where the birds make their nests. As for the stork, the fir trees are her house.

and ate up every herb in their land, and ate up the fruit of their ground.

The upright shall see it, and be glad. And all iniquity shall stop her mouth.

My soul has long had her dwelling with him who hates peace.

Behold, as the eyes of servants to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes [are] to LORD our God, until he has mercy upon us.

This is my resting place forever. Here I will dwell, for I have desired it.

I will abundantly bless her provision. I will satisfy her poor with bread.

I will also clothe her priests with salvation, and her sanctified shall shout aloud for joy.