Psalmorum 122

1 Canticum graduum. Lætatus sum in his, quæ 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 Ierusalem.

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

3 Ierusalem, quæ ædificatur ut civitas: cuius participatio eius in idipsum.

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

4 Illuc enim ascenderunt tribus, tribus Domini: testimonium Israel 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 iudicio, sedes super domum David.

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

6 Rogate quæ ad pacem sunt Ierusalem: 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, quæsivi bona tibi.

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