Psalms 122

1 A song of ascents. Of David. I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go to the house of the LORD.”

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 in your gates, O Jerusalem.

Our feet stood in thy courts, O Jerusalem.

3 Jerusalem is built up as a city united together,

Jerusalem is built as a city whose fellowship is complete.

4 where the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, as a testimony for Israel, to give thanks to the name of the LORD.

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 the thrones of judgment stand, 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: “May those who love you prosper.

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

7 May there be peace within your walls, and prosperity inside your fortresses.”

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

8 For the sake of my brothers and friends, I will say, “Peace be within you.”

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

9 For the sake of the house of the LORD our God, I will seek your prosperity.

Because of the house of the Lord our God, I have diligently sought thy good.