His abode has been established in Salem, his dwelling place in Zion.
And Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine. (He was priest of God Most High.)
Shout, and sing for joy, O inhabitant of Zion, for great in your midst is the Holy One of Israel.”
For the Lord has chosen Zion; he has desired it for his dwelling place: “This is my resting place forever; here I will dwell, for I have desired it.
but I have chosen Jerusalem that my name may be there, and I have chosen David to be over my people Israel.’
For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the Most High God, met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him, and to him Abraham apportioned a tenth part of everything. He is first, by translation of his name, king of righteousness, and then he is also king of Salem, that is, king of peace.
He has laid waste his booth like a garden, laid in ruins his meeting place; the Lord has made Zion forget festival and Sabbath, and in his fierce indignation has spurned king and priest.
For he will hide me in his shelter in the day of trouble; he will conceal me under the cover of his tent; he will lift me high upon a rock.
Sing praises to the Lord, who sits enthroned in Zion! Tell among the peoples his deeds!
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