Psalms 122

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

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 your gates, Jerusalem!

Our feet stood in your courts, O Jerusalem.

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

Jerusalem is built as a city whose fellowship is complete.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

For the sake of my brethren and my neighbors, I have indeed spoken peace concerning you.

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

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