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 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 have been standing in your gates, O Jerusalem!

Our feet are standing Within thy gates, O Jerusalem!

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

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

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

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 thrones of judgment have sat, Thrones of the house of David.

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

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

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

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

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

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

For my brethren and companions' sake will I say, 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!