For your people love every stone in her walls and cherish even the dust in her streets.

你的仆人原来喜悦她的石头，可怜她的尘土。

你的仆人们喜爱锡安的石头，怜悯它的尘土。

你的仆人们喜爱锡安的石头，怜悯它的尘土。

你的仆人们喜爱城中的石头，怜惜城中的尘土。

因为你的众仆人喜爱它的石头，爱惜它的尘土。

是的，你的仆人们喜悦锡安的石头，爱慕她的尘土。

你的僕人原來喜悅她的石頭，可憐她的塵土。

你的僕人們喜愛錫安的石頭，憐憫它的塵土。

你的僕人們喜愛錫安的石頭，憐憫它的塵土。

你的僕人們喜愛城中的石頭，憐惜城中的塵土。

因為你的眾僕人喜愛它的石頭，愛惜它的塵土。

因為你僕人愛慕它的石頭；連它的塵土、他們也憐惜。

是的，你的僕人們喜悅錫安的石頭，愛慕她的塵土。

爾僕悅其石、而惜其土兮、

即其瓦礫、爾僕亦悅之、即其塵沙、爾僕亦愛之兮。

主之僕人、喜悅郇之石、珍愛郇之塵土、

吾主必興起。愍我西溫卑。西溫卑已極。蒙寵宜今茲。

For her stones are dear to your servants; her very dust moves them to pity.

The stones of your destroyed city are priceless to us. Even its dust brings deep concern to us.

For your servants hold her stones dear and have pity on her dust.

For your servants take delight in its stones and favor its dust.

Surely Your servants take pleasure in her stones, And feel pity for her dust.

For Your servants take pleasure in her stones, And show favor to her dust.

For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, And have pity upon her dust.

For Your servants take delight in its stones and favor its dust.

For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favour the dust thereof.

Indeed, your servants take delight in her stones, and feel compassion for the dust of her ruins.

For your servants take pleasure in her stones, and have pity on her dust.

saying in front of his friends and the Samarian army officers,“ What does this bunch of poor, feeble Jews think they’re doing? Do they think they can build the wall in a single day by just offering a few sacrifices? Do they actually think they can make something of stones from a rubbish heap— and charred ones at that?”

O God, pagan nations have conquered your land, your special possession. They have defiled your holy Temple and made Jerusalem a heap of ruins.

At last the wall was completed to half its height around the entire city, for the people had worked with enthusiasm.

If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget how to play the harp.May my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth if I fail to remember you, if I don’t make Jerusalem my greatest joy.

They said to me,“ Things are not going well for those who returned to the province of Judah. They are in great trouble and disgrace. The wall of Jerusalem has been torn down, and the gates have been destroyed by fire.”

Then God stirred the hearts of the priests and Levites and the leaders of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin to go to Jerusalem to rebuild the Temple of the Lord.

In early autumn, when the Israelites had settled in their towns, all the people assembled in Jerusalem with a unified purpose.Then Jeshua son of Jehozadak joined his fellow priests and Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel with his family in rebuilding the altar of the God of Israel. They wanted to sacrifice burnt offerings on it, as instructed in the Law of Moses, the man of God.Even though the people were afraid of the local residents, they rebuilt the altar at its old site. Then they began to sacrifice burnt offerings on the altar to the Lord each morning and evening.

Praise the Lord, the God of our ancestors, who made the king want to beautify the Temple of the Lord in Jerusalem!

But now I said to them,“ You know very well what trouble we are in. Jerusalem lies in ruins, and its gates have been destroyed by fire. Let us rebuild the wall of Jerusalem and end this disgrace!”

For they have devoured your people Israel, making the land a desolate wilderness.Do not hold us guilty for the sins of our ancestors! Let your compassion quickly meet our needs, for we are on the brink of despair.Help us, O God of our salvation! Help us for the glory of your name. Save us and forgive our sins for the honor of your name.Why should pagan nations be allowed to scoff, asking,“ Where is their God?” Show us your vengeance against the nations, for they have spilled the blood of your servants.

In view of all your faithful mercies, Lord, please turn your furious anger away from your city Jerusalem, your holy mountain. All the neighboring nations mock Jerusalem and your people because of our sins and the sins of our ancestors.

Then the people of Judah began to complain,“ The workers are getting tired, and there is so much rubble to be moved. We will never be able to build the wall by ourselves.”

but I replied,“ Long live the king! How can I not be sad? For the city where my ancestors are buried is in ruins, and the gates have been destroyed by fire.”