Psalms 122

1 A Song of Ascents. By David. I was glad when they said to me, “Let’s go to the LORD’s house!”

I was glad when they said to me, Let us go to the house of Jehovah.

2 Our feet are standing within your gates, Jerusalem!

Our feet are standing inside thy gates, O Jerusalem.

3 Jerusalem is built as a city that is compact together,

Jerusalem, that is built as a city that is compact together,

4 where the tribes go up, even the LORD’s tribes, according to an ordinance for Israel, to give thanks to the LORD’s name.

where the tribes go up, even the tribes of Jehovah, for an ordinance for Israel, to give thanks to the name of Jehovah.

5 For there are set thrones for judgment, the thrones of David’s house.

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

6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem. Those who love you will prosper.

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem. They shall prosper who love thee.

7 Peace be within your walls, and prosperity within your palaces.

Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces.

8 For my brothers’ and companions’ sakes, I will now say, “Peace be within you.”

For my brothers and companions' sakes I will now say, Peace be within thee.

9 For the sake of the house of the LORD our God, I will seek your good.

For the sake of the house of Jehovah our God I will seek thy good.