Psalmorum 122

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

A song of ascents. Of David. I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go to the house of the LORD.”

2 Stantes erant pedes nostri in atriis tuis, Jerusalem.

Our feet are standing in your gates, O Jerusalem.

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

Jerusalem is built up as a city united together,

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

where the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, as a testimony for Israel, to give thanks to the name of the LORD.

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

For there the thrones of judgment stand, the thrones of the house of David.

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

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: “May those who love you prosper.

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

May there be peace within your walls, and prosperity inside your fortresses.”

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

For the sake of my brothers and friends, I will say, “Peace be within you.”

9 Propter domum Domini Dei nostri, quæsivi bona tibi.

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