"On Zion, my sacred hill," he says, "I have installed my king."

Instead he chose the tribe of Judah and Mount Zion, which he dearly loves.

There he built his Temple like his home in heaven; he made it firm like the earth itself, secure for all time.

The LORD built his city on the sacred hill;

more than any other place in Israel he loves the city of Jerusalem.

In days to come the mountain where the Temple stands will be the highest one of all, towering above all the hills. Many nations will come streaming to it,

and their people will say, "Let us go up the hill of the LORD, to the Temple of Israel's God. He will teach us what he wants us to do; we will walk in the paths he has chosen. For the LORD's teaching comes from Jerusalem; from Zion he speaks to his people."

We took all the territory of King Og of Bashan: the cities on the plateau, the regions of Gilead and of Bashan, as far east as the towns of Salecah and Edrei."

Be a shepherd to your people, LORD, the people you have chosen. Although they live apart in the wilderness, there is fertile land around them. Let them go and feed in the rich pastures of Bashan and Gilead, as they did long ago.