⁷ You, Lord, will keep the needy safe^(A)
    and will protect us forever from the wicked,^(B)

⁸ As we have heard,
    so we have seen
in the city of the Lord Almighty,
    in the city of our God:
God makes her secure
    forever.^[a](A)

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.

³⁶ Hear the cry^(A) of the shepherds,^(B)
    the wailing of the leaders of the flock,
    for the Lord is destroying their pasture.

¹⁹ The Sovereign Lord is my strength;^(A)
    he makes my feet like the feet of a deer,
    he enables me to tread on the heights.^(B)

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