Psalms 122

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

“A psalm of the steps, or the goings up. By David.” I was glad when they said to me, Let us go up to the house of the LORD!

2 Our feet stood in your courts, O Jerusalem.

Our feet are standing Within thy gates, O Jerusalem!

3 Jerusalem is built as a city whose fellowship is complete.

Jerusalem, the rebuilt city! The city that is joined together!

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

Thither the tribes go up, The tribes of the LORD, according to the law of Israel, To praise the name of the LORD.

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

There stand the thrones of judgment, The thrones of the house of David.

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

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem! May they prosper who love thee!

7 Let peace, I pray, be within your host, and prosperity in your palaces.

Peace be within thy walls, And prosperity within thy palaces!

8 For the sake of my brethren and my neighbors, I have indeed spoken peace concerning you.

For my brethren and companions' sake will I say, Peace be within thee!

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

For the sake of the house of the LORD, our God, Will I seek thy good!