Psalms 122

1 I was glad when they said to me, Let us go to the house of Jehovah.

A Song of Degrees. I was glad when they said to me, Let us go into the house of the Lord.

2 Our feet are standing inside thy gates, O Jerusalem.

Our feet stood in thy courts, O Jerusalem.

3 Jerusalem, that is built as a city that is compact together,

Jerusalem is built as a city whose fellowship is complete.

4 where the tribes go up, even the tribes of Jehovah, for an ordinance for Israel, to give thanks to the name of Jehovah.

For thither the tribes went up, the tribes of the Lord, as a testimony for Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the Lord.

5 For there thrones are set for judgment, the thrones of the house of David.

For there are set thrones for judgment, [even] thrones for the house of David.

6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem. They shall prosper who love thee.

Pray now for the peace of Jerusalem: and [let there be] prosperity to them that love thee.

7 Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces.

Let peace, I pray, be within thine host, and prosperity in thy palaces.

8 For my brothers and companions' sakes I will now say, Peace be within thee.

For the sake of my brethren and my neighbours, I have indeed spoken peace concerning thee.

9 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 have diligently sought thy good.