⁶⁸ but he chose the tribe of Judah,
    Mount Zion, which he ^(A)loves.
⁶⁹ He ^(B)built his sanctuary like the high heavens,
    like the earth, which he has founded forever.

²     the Lord ^(A)loves the gates of Zion
    more than all the dwelling places of Jacob.

¹⁶ Why do you look with hatred, O many-peaked mountain,
    at the mount that God ^(A)desired for his abode,
    yes, where the Lord will dwell forever?

76 In Judah God is ^(C)known;
    his name is great in Israel.
² His ^(D)abode has been established in ^(E)Salem,
    his ^(F)dwelling place in Zion.

48 ^(B)Great is the Lord and greatly to be praised
    in ^(C)the city of our God!
His ^(D)holy mountain, ^2 (E)beautiful in elevation,
    is ^(F)the joy of all the earth,
Mount Zion, in the far north,
    ^(G)the city of the great King.
³ Within her citadels God
    has made himself known as a fortress.