9. He created me in eternity, before time began,and I will exist for all eternity to come.
10. I served him in the sacred Tentand then made my home on Mount Zion.
11. He settled me in the Beloved Cityand gave me authority over Jerusalem.
12. I put down roots among an honoured peoplewhom the Lord had chosen as his own.
13. I grew tall, like the cedars in Lebanon,like the cypresses on Mount Hermon,