Save and help and rescue, Lord, for godly people cease to be,
For the faithful vanish from among the sons of men.

For they will wither quickly like the grass,
And fade like the green herb.

“Lord, let me know my [life’s] end
And [to appreciate] the extent of my days;
Let me know how frail I am [how transient is my stay here].

Glorious is the King’s daughter within [the palace];
Her robe is interwoven with gold.

She will be brought to the King in embroidered garments;
The virgins, her companions who follow her,
Will be brought to You.

God is in the midst of her [His city], she will not be moved;
God will help her when the morning dawns.

God, in her palaces,
Has made Himself known as a stronghold.

Walk about Zion, go all around her;
Count her towers,

Consider her ramparts,
Go through her palaces,
That you may tell the next generation [about her glory].

Rebuke the beasts [living] among the reeds [in Egypt],
The herd of bulls (the leaders) with the calves of the peoples;
Trampling underfoot the pieces of silver;
He has scattered the peoples who delight in war.

Princes and envoys shall come from Egypt;
Ethiopia will quickly stretch out her hands [with the offerings of submission] to God.

Therefore his people return to this place,
And waters of abundance [offered by the irreverent] are [blindly] drunk by them.

When God heard this, He was filled with [righteous] wrath;
And utterly rejected Israel, [greatly hating her ways],

The bird has found a house,
And the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young—
Even Your altars, O Lord of hosts,
My King and my God.

But of Zion it will be said, “This one and that one were born in her,”
And the Most High Himself will establish her.

Once You spoke in a vision to Your godly ones,
And said, “I have given help to one who is mighty [giving him the power to be a champion for Israel];
I have exalted one chosen from the people.

For all our days pass away in Your wrath;
We have finished our years like a whispered sigh.

You will arise and have compassion on Zion,
For it is time to be gracious and show favor to her;
Yes, the appointed time [the moment designated] has come.

For Your servants find [melancholy] pleasure in the stones [of her ruins]
And feel pity for her dust.

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

Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master,
And as the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress,
So our eyes look to the Lord our God,
Until He is gracious and favorable toward us.

“This is My resting place forever” [says the Lord];
“Here will I dwell, for I have desired it.

“I will abundantly bless her provisions;
I will satisfy her poor with bread.

“Her priests also I will clothe with salvation,
And her godly ones will shout aloud for joy.

Remember, O Lord, against the sons of Edom,
The day of [the fall of] Jerusalem,
Who said “Down, down [with her]
To her very foundation.”