For thy gates' bars he maketh strong; thy sons in thee doth bless.
For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; He hath blessed thy children within thee.
For He has strengthened and made hard the bars of your gates, and He has blessed your children within you.
Because God secures the bars on your gates, God blesses the children you have there.
Because he hath strengthened the bolts of thy gates, he hath blessed thy children within thee.
As round about Jerusalem the mountains stand alway, The Lord his folk doth compass so, from henceforth and for aye.
That, as the plants, our sons may be in youth grown up that are; Our daughters like to corner-stones, carv'd like a palace fair.
Shew kindness, and do good, O Lord, to Sion, thine own hill: The walls of thy Jerusalem build up of thy good will.