Bible Verses About Church (2)

You will rise up and have compassion on Zion, for it is time to show her favor— the appointed time has come.

For Your servants delight in her stones and take pity on her dust.

For He looked down from the heights of His sanctuary; the LORD gazed out from heaven to earth

to hear a prisoner’s groaning, to release those condemned to death,

that they may proclaim the name of the LORD in Zion and praise Him in Jerusalem,

When the LORD restored the captives of Zion, we were like dreamers.

Then our mouths were filled with laughter, our tongues with shouts of joy. Then it was said among the nations, “The LORD has done great things for them.”

May the LORD bless you from Zion, that you may see the prosperity of Jerusalem all the days of your life,

that you may see your children’s children. Peace be upon Israel!

For the LORD has chosen Zion; He has desired it for His home:

“This is My resting place forever and ever; here I will dwell, for I have desired this home.

I will bless her with abundant provisions; I will satisfy her poor with bread.

I will clothe her priests with salvation, and her saints will sing out in joy.

Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers live together in harmony!

It is like fine oil on the head, running down on the beard, running down Aaron’s beard over the collar of his robes.

It is like the dew of Hermon falling on the mountains of Zion. For there the LORD has bestowed the blessing of life forevermore.

Come, bless the LORD, all you servants of the LORD who serve by night in the house of the LORD!

Lift up your hands to the sanctuary and bless the LORD!

May the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth, bless you from Zion.

By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion.

There on the willows we hung our harps,

for there our captors requested a song; our tormentors demanded songs of joy: “Sing us a song of Zion.”

How can we sing a song of the LORD in a foreign land?

If I forget you, O Jerusalem, may my right hand cease to function.

May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth if I do not remember you, if I do not exalt Jerusalem as my greatest joy!