< 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!
Canticum graduum. Lætatus sum in his quæ dicta sunt mihi: In domum Domini ibimus.
2 Our feet are standing Within thy gates, O Jerusalem!
Stantes erant pedes nostri in atriis tuis, Jerusalem.
3 Jerusalem, the rebuilt city! The city that is joined together!
Jerusalem, quæ ædificatur ut civitas, cujus participatio ejus in idipsum.
4 Thither the tribes go up, The tribes of the LORD, according to the law of Israel, To praise the name of the LORD.
Illuc enim ascenderunt tribus, tribus Domini: testimonium Israël, ad confitendum nomini Domini.
5 There stand the thrones of judgment, The thrones of the house of David.
Quia illic sederunt sedes in judicio, sedes super domum David.
6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem! May they prosper who love thee!
Rogate quæ ad pacem sunt Jerusalem, et abundantia diligentibus te.
7 Peace be within thy walls, And prosperity within thy palaces!
Fiat pax in virtute tua, et abundantia in turribus tuis.
8 For my brethren and companions' sake will I say, Peace be within thee!
Propter fratres meos et proximos meos, loquebar pacem de te.
9 For the sake of the house of the LORD, our God, Will I seek thy good!
Propter domum Domini Dei nostri, quæsivi bona tibi.