That I may seethe prosperityof Your chosenones,That I may rejoicein the gladnessof Your nation,That I may glorywith Your inheritance.
"I am of those who are peaceable[and] faithfulin Israel.You are seekingto destroya city,even a motherin Israel.Whywould you swallowup the inheritanceof the LORD?"
He will be like a tree[firmly] plantedby streamsof water,Whichyieldsits fruitin its seasonAnd its leafdoes not wither;And in whateverhe does,he prospers.
And He broughtforthHis peoplewith joy,His chosenoneswith a joyfulshout.
O seedof Abraham,His servant,O sonsof Jacob,His chosenones!
The soundof joyfulshoutingand salvationis in the tentsof the righteous;The righthandof the LORDdoesvaliantly.
Oh,that the salvationof Israelwould come out of Zion!When the LORDrestoresHis captivepeople,Jacobwill rejoice,Israelwill be glad.
Let MountZionbe glad,Let the daughtersof JudahrejoiceBecauseof Your judgments.
Cryaloudand shoutfor joy,O inhabitantof Zion,For greatin your midstis the HolyOneof Israel.
And the ransomedof the LORDwill returnAnd comewith joyfulshoutingto Zion,With everlastingjoyupon their heads.They will findgladnessand joy,And sorrowand sighingwill fleeaway.
"In the LORDallthe offspringof IsraelWill be justifiedand will glory."
"Be joyfulwith Jerusalemand rejoicefor her, allyou who loveher; Be exceedinglygladwith her, allyou who mournoverher,
So rejoice,O sonsof Zion,And be gladin the LORDyour God;For He has givenyou the earlyrainfor [your] vindication.And He has poureddownfor you the rain,The earlyand latterrainas before.
Shoutfor joy,O daughterof Zion!Shout[in triumph], O Israel!Rejoiceand exultwith all[your] heart,O daughterof Jerusalem!
Rejoicegreatly,O daughterof Zion!Shout[in triumph], O daughterof Jerusalem!Behold,your kingis comingto you; He is justand endowedwith salvation,Humble,and mountedon a donkey,Even on a colt,the foalof a donkey.
"You did not chooseMe but I choseyou, and appointedyou that you would goand bearfruit,and [that] your fruitwould remain,sothat whateveryou askof the Fatherin My nameHe may giveto you.
"Thereforeyou toohavegriefnow;but I will seeyou again,and your heartwill rejoice,and no one[will] takeyour joyawayfrom you.
But the Lordsaidto him, "Go,for he is a choseninstrumentof Mine,to bearMy namebeforethe Gentilesand kingsand the sonsof Israel;
[I pray that] the eyesof your heartmay be enlightened,sothat you will knowwhatis the hopeof His calling,whatare the richesof the gloryof His inheritancein the saints,
justas He choseus in Him beforethe foundationof the world,that we would be holyand blamelessbeforeHim. In love
"For the LORD'Sportionis His people;Jacobis the allotmentof His inheritance.
"For you are a holypeopleto the LORDyour God;the LORDyour Godhas chosenyou to be a peoplefor His own possessionout of allthe peopleswhoare on the faceof the earth.
for we are the [true] circumcision,who worshipin the Spiritof Godand gloryin ChristJesusand putnoconfidencein the flesh,
But we shouldalwaysgive thanksto Godfor you, brethrenbelovedby the Lord,becauseGodhas chosenyou from the beginningfor salvationthroughsanctificationby the Spiritand faithin the truth.
Listen,my belovedbrethren:did not Godchoosethe poorof thisworld[to be] richin faithand heirsof the kingdomwhichHe promisedto thosewho loveHim?
But you are A CHOSENRACE,A royalPRIESTHOOD,A HOLYNATION,A PEOPLEFOR [God's] OWN POSSESSION,sothat you may proclaimthe excellenciesof Him who has calledyou out of darknessinto His marvelouslight;
"Thesewill wage waragainstthe Lamb,and the Lambwill overcomethem, becauseHe is Lordof lordsand Kingof kings,and thosewhoare with Him [are the] calledand chosenand faithful."
