Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shines forth.
To the choirmaster: according to Lilies. A Testimony. Of Asaph, a Psalm. Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, you who lead Joseph like a flock. You who are enthroned upon the cherubim, shine forth.
beautiful in elevation, is the joy of all the earth, Mount Zion, in the far north, the city of the great King.
And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gives it light, and its lamp is the Lamb.
In his right hand he held seven stars, from his mouth came a sharp two-edged sword, and his face was like the sun shining in full strength.
God came from Teman, and the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah His splendor covered the heavens, and the earth was full of his praise. His brightness was like the light; rays flashed from his hand; and there he veiled his power.
He said, “The Lord came from Sinai and dawned from Seir upon us; he shone forth from Mount Paran; he came from the ten thousands of holy ones, with flaming fire at his right hand.
But the Lord is in his holy temple; let all the earth keep silence before him.”
I will return again to my place, until they acknowledge their guilt and seek my face, and in their distress earnestly seek me.
All who pass along the way clap their hands at you; they hiss and wag their heads at the daughter of Jerusalem: “Is this the city that was called the perfection of beauty, the joy of all the earth?”
Shout, and sing for joy, O inhabitant of Zion, for great in your midst is the Holy One of Israel.”
His mouth is most sweet, and he is altogether desirable. This is my beloved and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.
O Lord, God of vengeance, O God of vengeance, shine forth!
But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable angels in festal gathering, and to the assembly of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, and to God, the judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous made perfect, and to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel. See that you do not refuse him who is speaking. For if they did not escape when they refused him who warned them on earth, much less will we escape if we reject him who warns from heaven. At that time his voice shook the earth, but now he has promised, “Yet once more I will shake not only the earth but also the heavens.”
For how great is his goodness, and how great his beauty! Grain shall make the young men flourish, and new wine the young women.
For behold, the Lord is coming out from his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity, and the earth will disclose the blood shed on it, and will no more cover its slain.
the Lord loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwelling places of Jacob. Glorious things of you are spoken, O city of God. Selah
But let your hand be on the man of your right hand, the son of man whom you have made strong for yourself!
Your procession is seen, O God, the procession of my God, my King, into the sanctuary—
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