Psalmorum 122

1 canticum graduum huic David laetatus sum in his quae dicta sunt mihi in domum Domini ibimus

A SONG OF THE ASCENTS. BY DAVID. I have rejoiced in those saying to me, “We go to the house of YHWH.”

2 stantes erant pedes nostri in atriis tuis Hierusalem

Our feet have been standing in your gates, O Jerusalem!

3 Hierusalem quae aedificatur ut civitas cuius participatio eius in id ipsum

Jerusalem—the built one—[Is] as a city that is joined to itself together.

4 illic enim ascenderunt tribus tribus Domini testimonium Israhel ad confitendum nomini Domini

For there tribes have gone up, Tribes of YAH, companies of Israel, To give thanks to the Name of YHWH.

5 quia illic sederunt sedes in iudicium sedes super domum David

For there thrones of judgment have sat, Thrones of the house of David.

6 rogate quae ad pacem sunt Hierusalem et abundantia diligentibus te

Ask [for] the peace of Jerusalem, Those loving you are at rest.

7 fiat pax in virtute tua et abundantia in turribus tuis

Peace is in your bulwark, rest in your high places,

8 propter fratres meos et proximos meos loquebar pacem de te

For the sake of my brothers and my companions, Please let me speak, “Peace [be] in you.”

9 propter domum Domini Dei nostri quaesivi bona tibi

For the sake of the house of our God YHWH, I seek good for you!