13 You will stand up—you’ll have compassion on Zionbecause it is time to have mercy on her—the time set for that has now come!
14 Your servants cherish Zion’s stones;they show mercy even to her dirt.
15 The nations will honor the Lord’s name;all the earth’s rulers will honor your glory
16 because the Lord will rebuild Zion;he will be seen there in his glory.
17 God will turn to the prayer of the impoverished;he won’t despise their prayers.
18 Let this be written down for the next generationso that people not yet created will praise the Lord:
19 The Lord looked down from his holy summit,surveyed the earth from heaven,