Psalmorum 122

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

A Song of the Ascents, by David. I have rejoiced in those saying to me, 'To the house of Jehovah we go.'

2 Stantes erant pedes nostri in atriis tuis, Jerusalem.

Our feet have been standing in thy gates, O Jerusalem!

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

Jerusalem — the builded one — [Is] as a city that is joined to itself together.

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

For thither have tribes gone up, Tribes of Jah, companies of Israel, To give thanks to the name of Jehovah.

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

For there have sat thrones of judgment, Thrones of the house of David.

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

Ask ye the peace of Jerusalem, At rest are those loving thee.

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

Peace is in thy bulwark, rest in thy high places,

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

For the sake of my brethren and my companions, Let me speak, I pray thee, 'Peace [be] in thee.'

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

For the sake of the house of Jehovah our God, I seek good for thee!