Bible Verses About Church (2)

Thou wilt arise and haue mercy vpon Zion: for the time to haue mercie thereon, for the appointed time is come.

For thy seruants delite in the stones thereof, and haue pitie on the dust thereof.

For he hath looked downe from the height of his Sanctuarie: out of the heauen did the Lord beholde the earth,

That he might heare the mourning of the prisoner, and deliuer the children of death:

That they may declare the Name of the Lord in Zion, and his prayse in Ierusalem,

A song of degrees, or Psalme of David. When ye Lord brought againe the captiuitie of Zion, we were like them that dreame.

Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with ioye: then sayd they among the heathen, The Lord hath done great things for them.

The Lord out of Zion shall blesse thee, and thou shalt see the wealth of Ierusalem all the dayes of thy life.

Yea, thou shalt see thy childrens children, and peace vpon Israel.

For the Lord hath chosen Zion, and loued to dwell in it, saying,

This is my rest for euer: here will I dwell, for I haue a delite therein.

I will surely blesse her vitailes, and will satisfie her poore with bread,

And will clothe her Priests with saluation, and her Saints shall shoute for ioye.

A song of degrees or Psalme of David. Behold, howe good and howe comely a thing it is, brethren to dwell euen together.

It is like to the precious oyntment vpon the head, that runneth downe vpon the beard, euen vnto Aarons beard, which went downe on the border of his garments:

And as the dew of Hermon, which falleth vpon the mountaines of Zion: for there the Lord appointed the blessing and life for euer.

A song of degrees. Behold, praise ye the Lord, all ye seruants of the Lord, ye that by night stande in the house of the Lord.

Lift vp your hands to the Sanctuarie, and praise the Lord.

The Lord, that hath made heauen and earth, blesse thee out of Zion.

By the riuers of Babel we sate, and there wee wept, when we remembred Zion.

Wee hanged our harpes vpon the willowes in the middes thereof.

Then they that ledde vs captiues, required of vs songs and mirth, when wee had hanged vp our harpes, saying, Sing vs one of the songs of Zion.

Howe shall we sing, said we, a song of the Lord in a strange land?

If I forget thee, O Ierusalem, let my right hand forget to play.

If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleaue to the roofe of my mouth: yea, if I preferre not Ierusalem to my chiefe ioy.