“The Lord came from Sinai^(A)
    and dawned over them from Seir;^(B)
    he shone forth^(C) from Mount Paran.^(D)
He came with^[a] myriads of holy ones^(E)
    from the south, from his mountain slopes.^[b]

² Beautiful^(A) in its loftiness,
    the joy of the whole earth,
like the heights of Zaphon^[a](B) is Mount Zion,^(C)
    the city of the Great King.^(D)

¹⁵ All who pass your way
    clap their hands at you;^(A)
they scoff^(B) and shake their heads^(C)
    at Daughter Jerusalem:^(D)
“Is this the city that was called
    the perfection of beauty,^(E)
    the joy of the whole earth?”^(F)