Psalmorum 122

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

A Canticle in steps. I rejoiced in the things that were said to me: “We shall go into the house of the Lord.”

2 Stantes erant pedes nostri, in atriis tuis Ierusalem.

Our feet were standing in your courts, O Jerusalem.

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

Jerusalem has been built as a city, whose participation is unto itself.

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

For to that place, the tribes ascended, the tribes of the Lord: the testimony of Israel, to confess to the name of the Lord.

5 Quia illic sederunt sedes in iudicio, sedes super domum David.

For in that place, seats have sat down in judgment, seats above the house of David.

6 Rogate quæ ad pacem sunt Ierusalem: et abundantia diligentibus te.

Petition for the things that are for the peace of Jerusalem, and for abundance for those who love you.

7 Fiat pax in virtute tua: et abundantia in turribus tuis.

Let peace be in your virtue, and abundance in your towers.

8 Propter fratres meos, et proximos meos, loquebar pacem de te:

For the sake of my brothers and my neighbors, I spoke peace about you.

9 Propter domum Domini Dei nostri, quæsivi bona tibi.

For the sake of the house of the Lord our God, I sought good things for you.