Psalmorum 122

1 canticum graduum huic David laetatus sum in his quae 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 Hierusalem

Our feet are standing Within thy gates, O Jerusalem!

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

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

4 illic enim ascenderunt tribus tribus Domini testimonium Israhel 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 iudicium sedes super domum David

There stand the thrones of judgment, The thrones of the house of David.

6 rogate quae ad pacem sunt Hierusalem 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 quaesivi bona tibi

For the sake of the house of the LORD, our God, Will I seek thy good!