Psalmorum 122

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

“A psalm of the steps, or the goings up. By David.” I was glad when they said to me, Let us go up to the house of the LORD!

2 Stantes erant pedes nostri in atriis tuis, Jerusalem.

Our feet are standing Within thy gates, O Jerusalem!

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

Jerusalem, the rebuilt city! The city that is joined together!

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

Thither the tribes go up, The tribes of the LORD, according to the law of Israel, To praise the name of the LORD.

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

There stand the thrones of judgment, 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 they prosper who love thee!

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

Peace be within thy walls, And prosperity within thy palaces!

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

For my brethren and companions' sake will I say, 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!