Psalms 122

1 A Song of Ascents. By David. I was glad when they said to me, “Let’s go to Yahweh’s house!”

I was glad when they said to me, Let us go into the house of the LORD.

2 Our feet are standing within your gates, Jerusalem!

Our feet shall stand within your gates, O Jerusalem.

3 Jerusalem is built as a city that is compact together,

Jerusalem is built as a city that is compact together:

4 where the tribes go up, even Yah’s tribes, according to an ordinance for Israel, to give thanks to Yahweh’s name.

Where the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, to the testimony of Israel, to give thanks to the name of the LORD.

5 For there are set thrones for judgment, the thrones of David’s house.

For there are set thrones of judgment, the thrones of the house of David.

6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem. Those who love you will prosper.

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love you.

7 Peace be within your walls, and prosperity within your palaces.

Peace be within your walls, and prosperity within your palaces.

8 For my brothers’ and companions’ sakes, I will now say, “Peace be within you.”

For my brothers and companions’ sakes, I will now say, Peace be within you.

9 For the sake of the house of Yahweh our God, I will seek your good.

Because of the house of the LORD our God I will seek your good.