Psalmorum 122

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

I was glad/happy when people said to me, “We should go to the temple of Yahweh [in Jerusalem]!”

2 Stantes erant pedes nostri in atriis tuis, Jerusalem.

And now we are here, standing inside the gates/city of [APO] Jerusalem.

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

Jerusalem is a city that has been rebuilt, with the result that people can gather together in it.

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

We [people of the] tribes of Israel who belong to Yahweh can now go up there as Yahweh commanded that we should do, and we can thank him.

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

There the kings of Israel who were descendants of [King] David sit on their thrones and decide cases [fairly when the people have disputes].

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

Pray that there will be peace in Jerusalem; I desire that those who love Jerusalem will (prosper/live peacefully).

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

I desire that there will be peace inside the walls of the city and that [people who are] inside the palaces will be safe.

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

For the sake of my relatives and friends, I say, “My desire is that that inside Jerusalem [people will live] peacefully.”

9 Propter domum Domini Dei nostri, quæsivi bona tibi.

And because I love the temple of Yahweh our God, I pray that things will go well for the people who live [in Jerusalem].