When I was in trouble, I called to the LORD, and he answered me.

I look to the mountains; where will my help come from?

I was glad when they said to me, "Let us go to the LORD's house."

LORD, I look up to you, up to heaven, where you rule.

What if the LORD had not been on our side? Answer, O Israel!

Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion, which can never be shaken, never be moved.

When the LORD brought us back to Jerusalem, it was like a dream!

If the LORD does not build the house, the work of the builders is useless; if the LORD does not protect the city, it does no good for the sentries to stand guard.

Happy are those who obey the LORD, who live by his commands.

Israel, tell us how your enemies have persecuted you ever since you were young.

From the depths of my despair I call to you, LORD.

LORD, I have given up my pride and turned away from my arrogance. I am not concerned with great matters or with subjects too difficult for me.

LORD, do not forget David and all the hardships he endured.

How wonderful it is, how pleasant, for God's people to live together in harmony!

Come, praise the LORD, all his servants, all who serve in his Temple at night.

My heart breaks when I remember the past, when I went with the crowds to the house of God and led them as they walked along, a happy crowd, singing and shouting praise to God.

We had intimate talks with each other and worshiped together in the Temple.

O God, you are my God, and I long for you. My whole being desires you; like a dry, worn-out, and waterless land, my soul is thirsty for you.

Your constant love is better than life itself, and so I will praise you.

How I love your Temple, LORD Almighty!

How I want to be there! I long to be in the LORD's Temple. With my whole being I sing for joy to the living God.

One day spent in your Temple is better than a thousand anywhere else; I would rather stand at the gate of the house of my God than live in the homes of the wicked.

Your commandments are my eternal possession; they are the joy of my heart.

and their people will say, "Let us go up the hill of the LORD, to the Temple of Israel's God. He will teach us what he wants us to do; we will walk in the paths he has chosen. For the LORD's teaching comes from Jerusalem; from Zion he speaks to his people."

Yes, the time is coming when sentries will call out on the hills of Ephraim, 'Let's go up to Zion, to the LORD our God.' "

The LORD says, "When that time comes, the people of both Israel and Judah will come weeping, looking for me, their God.

They will ask the way to Zion and then go in that direction. They will make an eternal covenant with me and never break it.

and their people will say, "Let us go up the hill of the LORD, to the Temple of Israel's God. He will teach us what he wants us to do; we will walk in the paths he has chosen. For the LORD's teaching comes from Jerusalem; from Zion he speaks to his people."

Those from one city will say to those from another, 'We are going to worship the LORD Almighty and pray for his blessing. Come with us!'

In those days ten foreigners will come to one Jew and say, 'We want to share in your destiny, because we have heard that God is with you.' "