“I have seen the foolish taking root,
And I cursed his abode immediately.

“You will know that your tent is secure,
For you will visit your abode and fear no loss.

Why do you look with envy, O mountains with many peaks,
At the mountain which God has desired for His abode?
Surely the Lord will dwell there forever.

If the Lord had not been my help,
My soul would soon have dwelt in the abode of silence.

Thorns will come up in its fortified towers,
Nettles and thistles in its fortified cities;
It will also be a haunt of jackals
And an abode of ostriches.

Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, “Once again they will speak this word in the land of Judah and in its cities when I restore their fortunes,
‘The Lord bless you, O abode of righteousness,
O holy hill!’

“Others have been with those who rebel against the light;
They do not want to know its ways
Nor abide in its paths.

A Psalm of David.
O Lord, who may abide in Your tent?
Who may dwell on Your holy hill?

But the Lord abides forever;
He has established His throne for judgment,

Depart from evil and do good,
So you will abide forever.

His soul will abide in prosperity,
And his descendants will inherit the land.

He will abide before God forever;
Appoint lovingkindness and truth that they may preserve him.

He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High
Will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.

He makes the barren woman abide in the house
As a joyful mother of children.
Praise the Lord!

But You, O Lord, abide forever,
And Your name to all generations.

‘As for the promise which I made you when you came out of Egypt, My Spirit is abiding in your midst; do not fear!’

A Song of Ascents.
Those who trust in the Lord
Are as Mount Zion, which cannot be moved but abides forever.

Then justice will dwell in the wilderness
And righteousness will abide in the fertile field.