Zion hears about it and is filled with joy. Lord, the villages of Judah are glad because of how you judge.

耶和华啊，锡安听见你的判断就欢喜；犹大的城邑也都快乐。

耶和华啊，因你的判断，锡安听见就欢喜；犹大的城镇也都快乐。

耶和华啊，因你的判断，锡安听见就欢喜；犹大的城镇也都快乐。

耶和华啊，听见你的审判，锡安就欢喜，犹大的城邑就快乐。

耶和华啊！锡安听见你的判断就欢喜，犹大的各城（“各城”原文作“女子”）也都快乐。

耶和华啊，因你的审判，锡安听了就欢喜，犹大女子也快乐！

耶和華啊，錫安聽見你的判斷就歡喜；猶大的城邑也都快樂。

耶和華啊，因你的判斷，錫安聽見就歡喜；猶大的城鎮也都快樂。

耶和華啊，因你的判斷，錫安聽見就歡喜；猶大的城鎮也都快樂。

耶和華啊，聽見你的審判，錫安就歡喜，猶大的城邑就快樂。

耶和華啊！錫安聽見你的判斷就歡喜，猶大的各城（“各城”原文作“女子”）也都快樂。

永恆主啊，因你的判斷、錫安聽見就歡喜，猶大的鄉鎮也快樂。

耶和華啊，因你的審判，錫安聽了就歡喜，猶大女子也快樂！

耶和華歟、郇民聞爾行鞫而喜、猶大之女、因之而樂兮、

耶和華兮、郇邑之民、猶大之女、聞爾法度、靡不欣喜兮、

因主之審判、郇城聞之、即甚歡欣、猶大城邑、城邑原文作諸女亦皆喜樂、

佳音燠西溫。靈蹟慰樹德。諸城如靜女。聞風坐相悅。

Zion hears and rejoices and the villages of Judah are glad because of your judgments, Lord.

Zion hears and is glad, and the daughters of Judah rejoice, because of your judgments, O Lord.

Jerusalem has heard and rejoiced, and all the towns of Judah are glad because of your justice, O Lord!

Zion hears and is glad, Judah’s villages rejoice because of your judgments, LORD.

Zion heard this and was joyful, And the daughters of Judah have rejoiced Because of Your judgments, Lord.

Zion hears and is glad, And the daughters of Judah rejoice Because of Your judgments, O Lord.

Zion heard and was glad, And the daughters of Judah rejoiced, Because of thy judgments, O Jehovah.

Zion hears and is glad, and the towns of Judah rejoice because of Your judgments, Lord.

Zion heard, and was glad; and the daughters of Judah rejoiced because of thy judgments, O LORD.

Zion hears and rejoices, the towns of Judah are happy, because of your judgments, O LORD.

Zion heard and was glad. The daughters of Judah rejoiced because of your judgments, Yahweh.

Mount Zion is filled with joy. The villages of Judah are glad. That’s because you judge fairly.

“ City of Zion, be full of joy! People of Jerusalem, shout! See, your king comes to you. He always does what is right. He has won the victory. He is humble and riding on a donkey. He is sitting on a donkey’s colt.

This took place so that what was spoken through the prophet would come true. It says,“ Say to the city of Zion,‘ See, your king comes to you. He is gentle and riding on a donkey. He is riding on a donkey’s colt.’ ”( Zechariah 9:9)The disciples went and did what Jesus told them to do.They brought the donkey and the colt. They placed their coats on them for Jesus to sit on.A very large crowd spread their coats on the road. Others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road.Some of the people went ahead of him, and some followed. They all shouted,“ Hosanna to the Son of David!”“ Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord!”( Psalm 118:26)“ Hosanna in the highest heaven!”

Godly people will be glad when those who have hurt them are paid back. They will dip their feet in the blood of those who do evil.

Those who do what is right will see it and learn a lesson from it. They will laugh at you and say,

“ You heavens, be glad for this! You people of God, be glad! You apostles and prophets, be glad! God has judged her with the judgment she gave to you.”

What a beautiful sight it is to see messengers coming with good news! How beautiful to see them coming down from the mountains with a message about peace! How wonderful it is when they bring the good news that we are saved! How wonderful when they say to Zion,“ Your God rules!”Listen! Those on guard duty are shouting out the message. With their own eyes they see the Lord returning to Zion. So they shout for joy.Burst into songs of joy together, you broken- down buildings in Jerusalem. The Lord has comforted his people. He has set Jerusalem free.The Lord will use the power of his holy arm to save his people. All the nations will see him do it. Everyone from one end of the earth to the other will see it.

The Lord has announced a message from one end of the earth to the other. He has said,“ Tell the people of Zion,‘ Look! Your Savior is coming! He is bringing his people back as his reward. He has won the battle over their enemies.’ ”

People of Zion, sing! Israel, shout loudly! People of Jerusalem, be glad! Let your hearts be full of joy.The Lord has stopped punishing you. He has made your enemies turn away from you. The Lord is the King of Israel. He is with you. You will never again be afraid that others will harm you.The time is coming when people will say to Jerusalem,“ Zion, don’t be afraid. Don’t give up.The Lord your God is with you. He is the Mighty Warrior who saves. He will take great delight in you. In his love he will no longer punish you. Instead, he will sing for joy because of you.”

You can be sure that I will comfort Zion’s people. I will look with loving concern on all their destroyed buildings. I will make their deserts like Eden. I will make their dry and empty land like the garden of the Lord. Joy and gladness will be there. People will sing and give thanks to me.

After these things I heard a roar in heaven. It sounded like a huge crowd shouting,“ Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God.The way he judges is true and fair. He has judged the great prostitute. She made the earth impure with her terrible sins. God has paid her back for killing those who served him.”Again they shouted,“ Hallelujah! The smoke from her fire goes up for ever and ever.”The 24 elders and the four living creatures bowed down. They worshiped God, who was sitting on the throne. They cried out,“ Amen! Hallelujah!”Then a voice came from the throne. It said,“ Praise our God, all you who serve him! Praise God, all you who have respect for him, both great and small!”Then I heard the noise of a huge crowd. It sounded like the roar of rushing waters and like loud thunder. The people were shouting,“ Hallelujah! Our Lord God is the King who rules over all.Let us be joyful and glad! Let us give him glory! It is time for the Lamb’s wedding. His bride has made herself ready.