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 unto me, Let us go unto 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, that art builded as a city that is compact together:

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

Whither the tribes go up, even the tribes of the LORD [for] a testimony unto Israel, to give thanks into the name of the LORD.

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

For there are set thrones for 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: they shall prosper that 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’ sakes, I will now 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 I will seek thy good.