For the sake of the house of the Lord our God, I will seek what is best for you, O Jerusalem.

因耶和华我们神殿的缘故，我要为你求福！

为耶和华—我们上帝殿的缘故，我要为你求福！

为耶和华—我们神殿的缘故，我要为你求福！

为了我们的上帝耶和华的殿，我要为你求福祉。

为了耶和华我们神的殿的缘故，我要为你求福乐。

为了耶和华我们神的殿，我要为你求福份。

因耶和華－我們神殿的緣故，我要為你求福！

為耶和華－我們上帝殿的緣故，我要為你求福！

為耶和華－我們神殿的緣故，我要為你求福！

為了我們的上帝耶和華的殿，我要為你求福祉。

為了耶和華我們神的殿的緣故，我要為你求福樂。

為了我們的上帝永恆主之殿的緣故、我要為你求福。

為了耶和華我們神的殿，我要為你求福份。

因我上帝耶和華室故、我求爾益兮、

我上帝耶和華之室、亦在於彼、故願斯邑必蒙綏祉兮。

緣主我天主之殿宇、我必為爾求福、

更為聖道故。祝爾庶且富。

For the sake of the house of the Lord our God, I will seek your prosperity.

I’m concerned about the house of the Lord our God. So I pray that things will go well with Jerusalem.

For the sake of the house of the Lord our God, I will seek your good.

Because of the house of the LORD our God, I will pursue your prosperity.

For the sake of the house of the Lord our God, I will seek your good.

Because of the house of the Lord our God I will seek your good.

For the sake of the house of Jehovah our God I will seek thy good.

Because of the house of the Lord our God, I will seek your good.

Because of the house of the LORD our God I will seek thy good.

For the sake of the temple of the LORD our God I will pray for you to prosper.

For the sake of the house of Yahweh our God, I will seek your good.

But when Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite official heard of my arrival, they were very displeased that someone had come to help the people of Israel.

How lovely is your dwelling place, O Lord of Heaven’s Armies.I long, yes, I faint with longing to enter the courts of the Lord. With my whole being, body and soul, I will shout joyfully to the living God.

“ And now, because of my devotion to the Temple of my God, I am giving all of my own private treasures of gold and silver to help in the construction. This is in addition to the building materials I have already collected for his holy Temple.

I love your sanctuary, Lord, the place where your glorious presence dwells.

Then his disciples remembered this prophecy from the Scriptures:“ Passion for God’s house will consume me.”

Passion for your house has consumed me, and the insults of those who insult you have fallen on me.

A single day in your courts is better than a thousand anywhere else! I would rather be a gatekeeper in the house of my God than live the good life in the homes of the wicked.

Mordecai the Jew became the prime minister, with authority next to that of King Xerxes himself. He was very great among the Jews, who held him in high esteem, because he continued to work for the good of his people and to speak up for the welfare of all their descendants.

Remember this good deed, O my God, and do not forget all that I have faithfully done for the Temple of my God and its services.

You will arise and have mercy on Jerusalem— and now is the time to pity her, now is the time you promised to help.For your people love every stone in her walls and cherish even the dust in her streets.

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.