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For you will eat the fruit of your hands. You will be happy and it will be well with you.

May the Lord do good things for you from Zion. And may you see good come to Jerusalem all the days of your life.

"They have made it hard for me many times since I was young," let Israel now say.

"They have made it hard for me many times since I was young. But they have not won over me.

I wait for the Lord. My soul waits and I hope in His Word.

My soul waits for the Lord more than one who watches for the morning; yes, more than one who watches for the morning.

O Israel, hope in the Lord! For there is loving-kindness with the Lord. With Him we are saved for sure.

O Lord, my heart is not proud. My eyes are not filled with pride. And I do not trouble myself with important things or in things too great for me.

For sure I have made my soul quiet like a child who no longer nurses while he is with his mother. My soul within me is like a child who no longer nurses.

"For sure I will not go into my house or lie on my bed,

until I find a place for the Lord, a house of worship for the Powerful One of Jacob."

Let Your religious leaders be dressed with what is right and good. And let those who belong to You sing for joy.

For the Lord has chosen Zion. He has wanted it for a place to live:

"This is the place where I can rest forever. Here I will live, for I have wanted it.

I will dress her religious leaders with saving power. And those in her that belong to Me will sing for joy.

There I will make the horn of David grow and will make a lamp ready for My chosen one.

See, how good and how pleasing it is for brothers to live together as one!

It is like the morning water of Hermon coming down upon the hills of Zion. For there the Lord has given the gift of life that lasts forever.

See, give honor and thanks to the Lord, all who work for the Lord, who stand during the night in the house of the Lord.

Praise the Lord, for the Lord is good. Sing praises to His name, for it is sweet.