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.”

“A song of the degrees by David.” I was rejoiced when they said unto me, Unto the house of the Lord let us go.

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

Our feet are now standing within thy gates, O Jerusalem!

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

Jerusalem, which art built as a city wherein all associate together.

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

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

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

For there are placed chairs for [giving] judgment, the chairs for the house of David.—

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

Pray ye for the peace of Jerusalem; may those that love thee prosper.

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

May there be peace within thy walls, prosperity within thy palaces,

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 my friends, let me now speak, Peace be within thee.

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

For the sake of the house of the Lord our God, will I seek thy good.