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.’

Canticum graduum. Lætatus sum in his quæ dicta sunt mihi: In domum Domini ibimus.

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

Stantes erant pedes nostri in atriis tuis, Jerusalem.

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

Jerusalem, quæ ædificatur ut civitas, cujus participatio ejus in idipsum.

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.

Illuc enim ascenderunt tribus, tribus Domini: testimonium Israël, ad confitendum nomini Domini.

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

Quia illic sederunt sedes in judicio, sedes super domum David.

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

Rogate quæ ad pacem sunt Jerusalem, et abundantia diligentibus te.

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

Fiat pax in virtute tua, et abundantia in turribus tuis.

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

Propter fratres meos et proximos meos, loquebar pacem de te.

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

Propter domum Domini Dei nostri, quæsivi bona tibi.