Psalmorum 122

1 Canticum graduum. Laetatus sum in his, quae dicta sunt mihi: In domum Domini ibimus.

A Song of Ascents; of David. I rejoiced when they said unto me: 'Let us go unto the house of the LORD.'

2 Stantes erant pedes nostri, in atriis tuis Ierusalem.

Our feet are standing within thy gates, O Jerusalem;

3 Ierusalem, quae aedificatur ut civitas: cuius participatio eius in idipsum.

Jerusalem, that art builded as a city that is compact together;

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

Whither the tribes went up, even the tribes of the LORD, as a testimony unto Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the LORD.

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

For there were set thrones for judgment, the thrones of the house of David.

6 Rogate quae ad pacem sunt Ierusalem: et abundantia diligentibus te.

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem; may they 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, quaesivi bona tibi.

For the sake of the house of the LORD our God I will seek thy good.