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 psalm of the steps, or the goings up. By David.” I was glad when they said to me, Let us go up to the house of the LORD!

2 Our feet are standing in your gates, O Jerusalem.

Our feet are standing Within thy gates, O Jerusalem!

3 Jerusalem is built up as a city united together,

Jerusalem, the rebuilt city! The city that is joined together!

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.

Thither the tribes go up, The tribes of the LORD, according to the law of Israel, To praise the name of the LORD.

5 For there the thrones of judgment stand, the thrones of the house of David.

There stand the thrones of judgment, The thrones of the house of David.

6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: “May those who love you prosper.

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem! May they prosper who love thee!

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

Peace be within thy walls, And prosperity within thy palaces!

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

For my brethren and companions' sake will I say, Peace be within thee!

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

For the sake of the house of the LORD, our God, Will I seek thy good!