Lexicon :: Strong's H6726 - ṣîyôn

Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel and all the heads of the tribes, the leaders of the fathers’ households of the sons of Israel, to King Solomon in Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord from the City of David, which is Zion.

‘The virgin daughter of Zion

Has despised you and mocked you;

The daughter of Jerusalem

Has shaken her head behind you!

Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel and all the heads of the tribes, the leaders of the fathers’ households of the Israelites, in Jerusalem to bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD up from the City of David, which is Zion.

“Yet as for Me, I have anointed and firmly installed My King

Upon Zion, My holy mountain.”

Sing praises to the LORD, who dwells in Zion;

Declare among the peoples His [great and wondrous] deeds.

That I may tell aloud all Your praises,

That in the gates of the daughter of Zion (Jerusalem)

I may rejoice in Your salvation and Your help.

Oh, that the salvation of Israel would come out of Zion!

When the LORD restores His captive people,

Then Jacob will rejoice, Israel will be glad.

May He send you help from the sanctuary (His dwelling place)

And support and strengthen you from Zion!

Fair and beautiful in elevation, the joy of all the earth,

Is Mount Zion [the City of David] in the far north,

The city of the great King.

Let Mount Zion be glad,

Let the daughters of Judah rejoice

Because of Your [righteous] judgments.

Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty,

God has shone forth.

By Your favor do good to Zion;

May You rebuild the walls of Jerusalem.

Oh, that the salvation of Israel would come out of Zion!

When God restores [the fortunes of] His people,

Let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad.

To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. A Song.

To You belongs silence [the submissive wonder of reverence], and [it bursts into] praise in Zion, O God;

And to You the vow shall be performed.

For God will save Zion and rebuild the cities of Judah,

That His servants may remain there and possess it.

Remember Your congregation, which You have purchased of old,

Which You have redeemed to be the tribe of Your inheritance;

Remember Mount Zion, where You have dwelt.

His tabernacle is in Salem (Jerusalem);

His dwelling place is in Zion.

But He chose the tribe of Judah [as Israel’s leader],

Mount Zion, which He loved [to replace Shiloh as His capital].

They go from strength to strength [increasing in victorious power];

Each of them appears before God in Zion.

The LORD loves the gates of Zion

More than all the dwellings of Jacob (Israel).

But of Zion it will be said, “This one and that one were born in her,”

And the Most High Himself will establish her.

Zion heard this and was glad,

And the daughters (cities) of Judah rejoiced [in relief]

Because of Your judgments, O LORD.

The LORD is great in Zion,

And He is exalted and magnified above all the peoples.

You will arise and have compassion on Zion,

For it is time to be gracious and show favor to her;

Yes, the appointed time [the moment designated] has come.

For the LORD has built up Zion;

He has appeared in His glory and brilliance;

So that people may declare the name of the LORD in Zion

And His praise in Jerusalem,

The LORD will send the scepter of Your strength from Zion, saying,

“Rule in the midst of Your enemies.”

A Song of [fn]Ascents.

Those who trust in and rely on the LORD [with confident expectation]

Are like Mount Zion, which cannot be moved but remains forever.

A Song of [fn]Ascents.

When the LORD brought back the captives to Zion (Jerusalem),

We were like those who dream [it seemed so unreal].

May the LORD bless you from Zion [His holy mountain],

And may you see the prosperity of Jerusalem all the days of your life;

May all who hate Zion

Be put to shame and turned backward [in defeat].

For the LORD has chosen Zion;

He has desired it for His dwelling place:

It is like the dew of [Mount] Hermon

Coming down on the hills of Zion;

For there the LORD has commanded the blessing: life forevermore.

May the LORD bless you from Zion,

He who made heaven and earth.

Blessed be the LORD from Zion,

Who dwells [with us] at Jerusalem.

Praise the LORD! (Hallelujah!)

By the rivers of Babylon,

There we [captives] sat down and wept,

When we remembered Zion [the city God imprinted on our hearts].

For there they who took us captive demanded of us a song with words,

And our tormentors [who made a mockery of us demanded] amusement, saying,

“Sing us one of the songs of Zion.”

The LORD shall reign forever,

Your God, O Zion, to all generations.

Praise the LORD! (Hallelujah!)

Praise the LORD, O Jerusalem!

Praise your God, O Zion!

Let Israel rejoice in their Maker;

Let Zion’s children rejoice in their King.

“Go forth, O daughters of Zion,

And gaze on King Solomon wearing the crown

With which his mother [Bathsheba] has crowned him

On the day of his wedding,

On the day of his gladness of heart.”

The Daughter of Zion (Jerusalem) is left like a [deserted] shelter in a vineyard,

Like a watchman’s hut in a cucumber field, like a besieged city [isolated, surrounded by devastation].

Zion will be redeemed with justice

And her repentant ones with righteousness.

And many peoples shall come and say,

“Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD,

To the house (temple) of the God of Jacob;

That He may teach us His ways

And that we may walk in His paths.”

For the law will go out from Zion

And the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.

Moreover, the LORD said, “Because the daughters of Zion are proud

And walk with outstretched necks and seductive (flirtatious, alluring) eyes,

And trip along with mincing steps and an affected gait

And walk with jingling [fn]anklets on their feet,