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Praise be to the Lord, for he showed me the wonders of his love when I was in a city under siege.
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The city of Tyre will come with a gift, people of wealth will seek your favor.
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There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, the holy place where the Most High dwells.
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Psalm 48
A song. A psalm of the Sons of Korah.
Great is the Lord, and most worthy of praise, in the city of our God, his holy mountain.
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Beautiful in its loftiness, the joy of the whole earth, like the heights of Zaphon is Mount Zion, the city of the Great King.
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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.
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Lord, confuse the wicked, confound their words, for I see violence and strife in the city.
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Destructive forces are at work in the city; threats and lies never leave its streets.
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They return at evening, snarling like dogs, and prowl about the city.
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They return at evening, snarling like dogs, and prowl about the city.
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Who will bring me to the fortified city? Who will lead me to Edom?
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Psalm 87
Of the Sons of Korah. A psalm. A song.
He has founded his city on the holy mountain.
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Glorious things are said of you, city of God:
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Every morning I will put to silence all the wicked in the land; I will cut off every evildoer from the city of the Lord.
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Some wandered in desert wastelands, finding no way to a city where they could settle.
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He led them by a straight way to a city where they could settle.
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there he brought the hungry to live, and they founded a city where they could settle.
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Who will bring me to the fortified city? Who will lead me to Edom?
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Jerusalem is built like a city that is closely compacted together.
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Psalm 127
A song of ascents. Of Solomon.
Unless the Lord builds the house, the builders labor in vain. Unless the Lord watches over the city, the guards stand watch in vain.