Psalmorum 122

1 Canticum graduum. [Lætatus sum in his quæ dicta sunt mihi: In domum Domini ibimus.

“A song of the degrees by David.” I was rejoiced when they said unto me, Unto the house of the Lord let us go.

2 Stantes erant pedes nostri in atriis tuis, Jerusalem.

Our feet are now standing within thy gates, O Jerusalem!

3 Jerusalem, quæ ædificatur ut civitas, cujus participatio ejus in idipsum.

Jerusalem, which art built as a city wherein all associate together.

4 Illuc enim ascenderunt tribus, tribus Domini: testimonium Israël, ad confitendum nomini Domini.

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

5 Quia illic sederunt sedes in judicio, sedes super domum David.

For there are placed chairs for [giving] judgment, the chairs for the house of David.—

6 Rogate quæ ad pacem sunt Jerusalem, et abundantia diligentibus te.

Pray ye for the peace of Jerusalem; may those that love thee prosper.

7 Fiat pax in virtute tua, et abundantia in turribus tuis.

May there be peace within thy walls, prosperity within thy palaces,

8 Propter fratres meos et proximos meos, loquebar pacem de te.

For the sake of my brethren and my friends, let me now speak, Peace be within thee.

9 Propter domum Domini Dei nostri, quæsivi bona tibi.]

For the sake of the house of the Lord our God, will I seek thy good.