13. You will arise and have compassion on Zion,for it is time to show favour to her;the appointed time has come.
14. For her stones are dear to your servants;her very dust moves them to pity.
15. The nations will fear the name of the Lord,all the kings of the earth will revere your glory.
16. For the Lord will rebuild Zionand appear in his glory.
17. He will respond to the prayer of the destitute;he will not despise their plea.
18. Let this be written for a future generation,that a people not yet created may praise the Lord:
19. ‘The Lord looked down from his sanctuary on high,from heaven he viewed the earth,
20. to hear the groans of the prisonersand release those condemned to death.’
21. So the name of the Lord will be declared in Zionand his praise in Jerusalem
22. when the peoples and the kingdomsassemble to worship the Lord.
23. In the course of my life he broke my strength;he cut short my days.
24. So I said:‘Do not take me away, my God, in the midst of my days;your years go on through all generations.
25. In the beginning you laid the foundations of the earth,and the heavens are the work of your hands.
26. They will perish, but you remain;they will all wear out like a garment.Like clothing you will change themand they will be discarded.