O let the mount Zion rejoice, and the daughters of Judah be glad, because of thy judgments.

Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength of my head, Judah is my lawgiver;

{A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah} O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee. My soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh also longeth after thee, in a barren and dry land where no water is.

There is little Benjamin their ruler, and the princes of Judah their council; the princes of Zebulon, and the princes of Naphtali.

For God will save Zion, and build the cities of Judah, that men may dwell there, and have it in possession.

but chose the tribe of Judah, even the hill of Zion which he loved.

Zion heareth of it and rejoiceth; yea, and the daughters of Judah are glad because of thy judgments, O LORD.

Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; Ephraim is the strength of my head; Judah is my lawgiver.

Judah was his sanctuary, Israel his dominion.