Psalmorum 122

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

A song of ascents. Of David. I was glad when they said to me, ‘We will go to the house of the Lord.’

2 stantes erant pedes nostri in atriis tuis Hierusalem

Now we are standing, within your gates, O Jerusalem.

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

O Jerusalem, built close-packed, like a city without breach or gap,

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

to you do the tribes come, the tribes of the Lord, as the law has ordained for Israel, there to give thanks to the Lord.

5 quia illic sederunt sedes in iudicium sedes super domum David

There once stood thrones of justice even thrones of the household of David.

6 rogate quae ad pacem sunt Hierusalem et abundantia diligentibus te

Pray that all may be well with Jerusalem, and well with those who love you,

7 fiat pax in virtute tua et abundantia in turribus tuis

well within your ramparts, and well within your palaces.

8 propter fratres meos et proximos meos loquebar pacem de te

For the sake of my brethren and friends, I will wish you now prosperity:

9 propter domum Domini Dei nostri quaesivi bona tibi

for the sake of the house of the Lord our God, I will seek your good.