PSALM 122

¹A song of ascents for David.

    I rejoiced in those who said to me:

          “Let us go to the house of the LORD.”

    ²Our feet were standing

          in your gates, Jerusalem.

    ³Jerusalem built like a town

          that is joined fast together,

    ⁴where the tribes go up,

          the tribes of Yah.

    An ordinance it is for Israel

          to acclaim the name of the LORD.

    ⁵For there the thrones of judgment stand,

          the thrones of the house of David.

    ⁶Pray for Jerusalem’s weal.

          May your lovers rest tranquil!

    ⁷May there be well-being within your ramparts,

          tranquillity in your palaces.

    ⁸For the sake of my brothers and my companions,

          let me speak, pray, of your weal.

    ⁹For the sake of the house of the LORD our God,

          let me seek your good.