צִיּוֹן Zion

Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! When the LORD turneth the captivity of His people, let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad.

Send forth thy help from the sanctuary, And support thee out of Zion;

Fair in situation, the joy of the whole earth; Even mount Zion, the uttermost parts of the north, The city of the great King.

Let mount Zion be glad, Let the daughters of Judah rejoice, Because of Thy judgments.

Walk about Zion, and go round about her; Count the towers thereof.

Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined forth.

Do good in Thy favour unto Zion; build Thou the walls of Jerusalem.

Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! When God turneth the captivity of His people, Let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad.

Praise waiteth for Thee, O God, in Zion; and unto Thee the vow is performed.

For God will save Zion, and build the cities of Judah; And they shall abide there, and have it in possession.

Remember Thy congregation, which Thou hast gotten of old, Which Thou hast redeemed to be the tribe of Thine inheritance; And mount Zion, wherein Thou hast dwelt.

In Salem also is set His tabernacle, And His dwelling-place in Zion.

But chose the tribe of Judah, The mount Zion which He loved.

They go from strength to strength, every one of them appeareth before God in Zion.

The LORD loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.

But of Zion it shall be said: 'This man and that was born in her; And the Most High Himself doth establish her.'

Zion heard and was glad, And the daughters of Judah rejoiced; Because of Thy judgments, O LORD.

The LORD is great in Zion; And He is high above all the peoples.

Thou wilt arise, and have compassion upon Zion; for it is time to be gracious unto her, for the appointed time is come.

When the LORD hath built up Zion, when He hath appeared in His glory;

That men may tell of the name of the LORD in Zion, And His praise in Jerusalem; .

The rod of Thy strength the LORD will send out of Zion: 'Rule thou in the midst of thine enemies.'

A Song of Ascents. They that trust in the LORD Are as mount Zion, which cannot be moved, but abideth for ever.

A Song of Ascents. When the LORD brought back those that returned to Zion, We were like unto them that dream.

The LORD bless thee out of Zion; And see thou the good of Jerusalem all the days of thy life;

Let them be ashamed and turned backward, All they that hate Zion.

For the LORD hath chosen Zion; He hath desired it for His habitation:

Like the dew of Hermon, That cometh down upon the mountains of Zion; For there the LORD commanded the blessing, Even life for ever.

The LORD bless thee out of Zion; Even He that made heaven and earth.

Blessed be the LORD out of Zion, Who dwelleth at Jerusalem. Hallelujah.

By the rivers of Babylon, There we sat down, yea, we wept, When we remembered Zion.

For there they that led us captive asked of us words of song, And our tormentors asked of us mirth: ‘Sing us one of the songs of Zion.'

The LORD will reign for ever, Thy God, O Zion, unto all generations. Hallelujah.

Glorify the LORD, O Jerusalem; Praise thy God, O Zion.

Let Israel rejoice in his Maker; Let the children of Zion be joyful in their King.

Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, And gaze upon king Solomon, Even upon the crown wherewith his mother hath crowned him in the day of his espousals, And in the day of the gladness of his heart.

The ways of Zion do mourn, Because none come to the solemn assembly; All her gates are desolate, Her priests sigh; Her virgins are afflicted, And she herself is in bitterness.

And gone is from the daughter of Zion All her splendour; Her princes are become like harts That find no pasture, And they are gone without strength Before the pursuer.

Zion spreadeth forth her hands; There is none to comfort her; The LORD hath commanded concerning Jacob, That they that are round about him should be his adversaries; Jerusalem is among them As one unclean.

How hath the Lord covered with a cloud The daughter of Zion in His anger! He hath cast down from heaven unto the earth The beauty of Israel, And hath not remembered His footstool In the day of His anger.

He hath bent His bow like an enemy, Standing with His right hand as an adversary, And hath slain all that were pleasant to the eye; In the tent of the daughter of Zion He hath poured out His fury like fire.

And He hath stripped His tabernacle, as if it were a garden, He hath destroyed His place of assembly; The LORD hath caused to be forgotten in Zion Appointed season and sabbath, And hath rejected in the indignation of His anger The king and the priest.

The LORD hath purposed to destroy The wall of the daughter of Zion; He hath stretched out the line, He hath not withdrawn His hand from destroying; But He hath made the rampart and wall to mourn, They languish together.

They sit upon the ground, and keep silence, The elders of the daughter of Zion; They have cast up dust upon their heads, They have girded themselves with sackcloth; The virgins of Jerusalem hang down Their heads to the ground.

What shall I take to witness for thee? What shall I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? What shall I equal to thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? For thy breach is great like the sea; Who can heal thee?

Their heart cried unto the Lord: ‘O wall of the daughter of Zion, Let tears run down like a river Day and night; Give thyself no respite; Let not the apple of thine eye cease.

The precious sons of Zion, Comparable to fine gold, How are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, The work of the hands of the potter!

The LORD hath accomplished His fury, He hath poured out His fierce anger; And He hath kindled a fire in Zion, Which hath devoured the foundations thereof.

The punishment of thine iniquity is accomplished, O daughter of Zion, He will no more carry thee away into captivity; He will punish thine iniquity, O daughter of Edom, He will uncover thy sins.

They have ravished the women in Zion, The maidens in the cities of Judah.