Psalms 122

1 “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!

A Song of Degrees. I was glad when they said to me, Let us go into the house of the Lord.

2 Our feet are standing Within thy gates, O Jerusalem!

Our feet stood in thy courts, O Jerusalem.

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

Jerusalem is built as a city whose fellowship is complete.

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

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

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

For there are set thrones for judgment, [even] thrones for the house of David.

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

Pray now for the peace of Jerusalem: and [let there be] prosperity to them that love thee.

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

Let peace, I pray, be within thine host, and prosperity in thy palaces.

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

For the sake of my brethren and my neighbours, I have indeed spoken peace concerning thee.

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

Because of the house of the Lord our God, I have diligently sought thy good.