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, “Let us go to the house of Yahweh.”

2 stantes erant pedes nostri in atriis tuis Hierusalem

Jerusalem, our feet are standing within your gates!

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

Jerusalem, built as a city carefully planned!

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

The tribes go up to Jerusalem—the tribes of Yahweh— as a testimony for Israel, to give thanks to the name of Yahweh.

5 quia illic sederunt sedes in iudicium sedes super domum David

There thrones of judgment were set, thrones of the house of David.

6 rogate quae ad pacem sunt Hierusalem et abundantia diligentibus te

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem! “May those who love you have peace.

7 fiat pax in virtute tua et abundantia in turribus tuis

May there be peace within the walls that defend you, and may they have peace within your fortresses.”

8 propter fratres meos et proximos meos loquebar pacem de te

For the sake of my brothers and my friends I will say, “May there be peace within you.”

9 propter domum Domini Dei nostri quaesivi bona tibi

For the sake of the house of Yahweh our God, I will seek good for you.