Zion hears and is glad,
Judah’s villages[a] rejoice
because of your judgments, Lord.(A)
For you, Lord,
are the Most High over the whole earth;
you are exalted above all the gods.(B)

10 You who love the Lord, hate evil!(C)
He protects the lives of his faithful ones;(D)
he rescues them from the power of the wicked.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. 97:8 Lit daughters

Zion hears and rejoices
    and the villages of Judah are glad(A)
    because of your judgments,(B) Lord.
For you, Lord, are the Most High(C) over all the earth;(D)
    you are exalted(E) far above all gods.
10 Let those who love the Lord hate evil,(F)
    for he guards(G) the lives of his faithful ones(H)
    and delivers(I) them from the hand of the wicked.(J)

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