< Psalmorum 122 >
1 Canticum graduum. Lætatus sum in his, quæ dicta sunt mihi: In domum Domini ibimus.
A Song of Degrees. I was glad when they said to me, Let us go into the house of the Lord.
2 Stantes erant pedes nostri, in atriis tuis Ierusalem.
Our feet stood in thy courts, O Jerusalem.
3 Ierusalem, quæ ædificatur ut civitas: cuius participatio eius in idipsum.
Jerusalem is built as a city whose fellowship is complete.
4 Illuc enim ascenderunt tribus, tribus Domini: testimonium Israel ad confitendum nomini Domini.
For thither the tribes went 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 iudicio, sedes super domum David.
For there are set thrones for judgment, [even] thrones for the house of David.
6 Rogate quæ ad pacem sunt Ierusalem: et abundantia diligentibus te.
Pray now for the peace of Jerusalem: and [let there be] prosperity to them that love thee.
7 Fiat pax in virtute tua: et abundantia in turribus tuis.
Let peace, I pray, be within thine host, and prosperity in thy palaces.
8 Propter fratres meos, et proximos meos, loquebar pacem de te:
For the sake of my brethren and my neighbours, I have indeed spoken peace concerning thee.
9 Propter domum Domini Dei nostri, quæsivi bona tibi.
Because of the house of the Lord our God, I have diligently sought thy good.