Psalms 122

1 A SONG OF THE ASCENTS. BY DAVID. I have rejoiced in those saying to me, “We go to the house of YHWH.”

I rejoiced at the things that were said to me: We shall go into the house of the Lord.

2 Our feet have been standing in your gates, O Jerusalem!

Our feet were standing in thy courts, O Jerusalem.

3 Jerusalem—the built one—[Is] as a city that is joined to itself together.

Jerusalem, which is built as a city, which is compact together.

4 For there tribes have gone up, Tribes of YAH, companies of Israel, To give thanks to the Name of YHWH.

For thither did the tribes go up, the tribes of the Lord: the testimony of Israel, to praise the name of the Lord.

5 For there thrones of judgment have sat, Thrones of the house of David.

Because their seats have sat in judgment, seats upon the house of David.

6 Ask [for] the peace of Jerusalem, Those loving you are at rest.

Pray ye for the things that are for the peace of Jerusalem: and abundance for them that love thee.

7 Peace is in your bulwark, rest in your high places,

Let peace be in thy strength: and abundance in thy towers.

8 For the sake of my brothers and my companions, Please let me speak, “Peace [be] in you.”

For the sake of my brethren, and of my neighbours, I spoke peace of thee.

9 For the sake of the house of our God YHWH, I seek good for you!

Because of the house of the Lord our God, I have sought good things for thee.