Psalms 122

1 A Canticle in steps. I rejoiced in the things that were said to me: “We shall go into the house of the Lord.”

Canticum graduum. Laetatus sum in his, quae dicta sunt mihi: In domum Domini ibimus.

2 Our feet were standing in your courts, O Jerusalem.

Stantes erant pedes nostri, in atriis tuis Ierusalem.

3 Jerusalem has been built as a city, whose participation is unto itself.

Ierusalem, quae aedificatur ut civitas: cuius participatio eius in idipsum.

4 For to that place, the tribes ascended, the tribes of the Lord: the testimony of Israel, to confess to the name of the Lord.

Illuc enim ascenderunt tribus, tribus Domini: testimonium Israel ad confitendum nomini Domini.

5 For in that place, seats have sat down in judgment, seats above the house of David.

Quia illic sederunt sedes in iudicio, sedes super domum David.

6 Petition for the things that are for the peace of Jerusalem, and for abundance for those who love you.

Rogate quae ad pacem sunt Ierusalem: et abundantia diligentibus te.

7 Let peace be in your virtue, and abundance in your towers.

Fiat pax in virtute tua: et abundantia in turribus tuis.

8 For the sake of my brothers and my neighbors, I spoke peace about you.

Propter fratres meos, et proximos meos, loquebar pacem de te:

9 For the sake of the house of the Lord our God, I sought good things for you.

Propter domum Domini Dei nostri, quaesivi bona tibi.