The Lord loves the gates of Zion(A)
    more than all the other dwellings of Jacob.

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Indeed, of Zion it will be said,
    “This one and that one were born in her,
    and the Most High himself will establish her.”

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Let Israel rejoice(A) in their Maker;(B)
    let the people of Zion be glad in their King.(C)

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11 come out,
    and look, you daughters of Zion.(A)
Look[a] on King Solomon wearing a crown,
    the crown with which his mother crowned him
on the day of his wedding,
    the day his heart rejoiced.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Songs 3:11 Or interior lovingly inlaid / by the daughters of Jerusalem. / 11 Come out, you daughters of Zion, / and look

14 The sinners(A) in Zion are terrified;
    trembling(B) grips the godless:
“Who of us can dwell with the consuming fire?(C)
    Who of us can dwell with everlasting burning?”

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20 Look on Zion,(A) the city of our festivals;
    your eyes will see Jerusalem,
    a peaceful abode,(B) a tent(C) that will not be moved;(D)
its stakes will never be pulled up,
    nor any of its ropes broken.

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19 The sound of wailing is heard from Zion:
    ‘How ruined(A) we are!
    How great is our shame!
We must leave our land
    because our houses are in ruins.’”

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