¹⁴ For her stones are dear to your servants;
    her very dust moves them to pity.

⁶ Pray for the peace of Jerusalem:
    “May those who love^(A) you be secure.

⁹ For the sake of the house of the Lord our God,
    I will seek your prosperity.^(A)

⁵ May the Lord bless you from Zion;^(A)
    may you see the prosperity of Jerusalem^(B)
    all the days of your life.

⁶ May you live to see your children’s children—^(A)
    peace be on Israel.^(B)

⁴ How can we sing the songs of the Lord^(I)
    while in a foreign land?
⁵ If I forget you,^(J) Jerusalem,
    may my right hand forget its skill.
⁶ May my tongue cling to the roof^(K) of my mouth
    if I do not remember^(L) you,
if I do not consider Jerusalem^(M)
    my highest joy.

⁴ Therefore I said, “Turn away from me;
    let me weep^(A) bitterly.
Do not try to console me
    over the destruction of my people.”^(B)