Blessed be Yahweh from Zion, Who dwells at Jerusalem. Praise Yah!
Parallel translations
- KJV Blessed be the LORD out of Zion, which dwelleth at Jerusalem. Praise ye the LORD.
- BSB Blessed be the LORD from Zion—He who dwells in Jerusalem. Hallelujah!
- NKJV Blessed be the Lord out of Zion, Who dwells in Jerusalem! Praise the Lord!
- NASB Blessed be the Lord from Zion, Who dwells in Jerusalem. Praise the Lord!
- NLT The Lord be praised from Zion, for he lives here in Jerusalem. Praise the Lord!
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Cross-references · 8
- Ps 134:3May Yahweh bless you from Zion; even he who made heaven and earth.
- Ps 132:13–14For Yahweh has chosen Zion. He has desired it for his habitation.
- 2 Chr 6:6but now I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and I have chosen David to be over my people Israel.’
- Ps 76:2His tabernacle is also in Salem; His dwelling place in Zion.
- Isa 12:6Cry aloud and shout, you inhabitant of Zion; for the Holy One of Israel is great among you!”
- Ps 128:5May Yahweh bless you out of Zion, and may you see the good of Jerusalem all the days of your life.
- Ps 48:9We have thought about your loving kindness, God, in the middle of your temple.
- Ps 48:1A Song. A Psalm by the sons of Korah. Great is Yahweh, and greatly to be praised, in the city of our God, in his holy mountain.
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