¹³ For the Lord has chosen Zion,^(A)
    he has desired it for his dwelling,^(B) saying,

⁶⁸ but he chose the tribe of Judah,^(A)
    Mount Zion,^(B) which he loved.
⁶⁹ He built his sanctuary^(C) like the heights,
    like the earth that he established forever.

¹⁶ why gaze in envy, you rugged mountain,
    at the mountain where God chooses^(A) to reign,
    where the Lord himself will dwell forever?^(B)

³² What answer shall be given
    to the envoys^(A) of that nation?
“The Lord has established Zion,^(B)
    and in her his afflicted people will find refuge.^(C)”

² Beautiful^(E) in its loftiness,
    the joy of the whole earth,
like the heights of Zaphon^[b](F) is Mount Zion,^(G)
    the city of the Great King.^(H)
3 God is in her citadels;^(I)
    he has shown himself to be her fortress.^(J)