⁸ As we have heard, so have we seen
    in the city of the Lord of hosts,
in the city of our God,
    which God establishes forever. Selah

4 In days to come
    the mountain of the Lord’s temple
shall be established as the highest of the mountains
    and shall be raised up above the hills.
Peoples shall stream to it,^(A)

³ things that we have heard and known,
    that our ancestors have told us.^(A)
4 We will not hide them from their children;
    we will tell to the coming generation
the glorious deeds of the Lord and his might
    and the wonders that he has done.^(B)

⁵ God is in the midst of the city;^[a] it shall not be moved;
    God will help it when the morning dawns.^(A)

¹ We have heard with our ears, O God;
    our ancestors have told us
what deeds you performed in their days,
    in the days of old:^(A)
2 you with your own hand drove out the nations,
    but them you planted;
you afflicted the peoples,
    but them you set free;^(B)

¹ Great is the Lord and greatly to be praised
    in the city of our God.
His holy mountain,^{(A) 2} beautiful in elevation,
    is the joy of all the earth,
Mount Zion, in the far north,
    the city of the great King.^(B)