Psalms 122

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

A Song of Degrees. I was glad when they said to me, Let us go into the house of the Lord.

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

Our feet stood in thy courts, O Jerusalem.

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

Jerusalem is built as a city whose fellowship is complete.

4 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.

For thither the tribes went up, the tribes of the Lord, as a testimony for Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the Lord.

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

For there are set thrones for judgment, [even] thrones for the house of David.

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

Pray now for the peace of Jerusalem: and [let there be] prosperity to them that love thee.

7 well within your ramparts, and well within your palaces.

Let peace, I pray, be within thine host, and prosperity in thy palaces.

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

For the sake of my brethren and my neighbours, I have indeed spoken peace concerning thee.

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

Because of the house of the Lord our God, I have diligently sought thy good.