PSALM 122 [†] I was glad when they said to me,

 g “Let us go to the house of the LORD!”

2 Our feet have been standing

within your gates, O Jerusalem!

3[†] Jerusalem— h built as a city

that is  i bound firmly together,

4[†] to which the tribes  j go up,

the tribes of the LORD,

as was  k decreed for [1] Israel,

to give thanks to the name of the LORD.

5 There  l thrones for judgment were set,

the thrones of the house of David.

6[^][†]  m Pray for the peace of Jerusalem!

“May they be secure who love you!

7 Peace be within your  n walls

and security within your  n towers!”

8 For my brothers and companions’ sake

I will say,  o “Peace be within you!”

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

I will  p seek your good.

A Song of  m Ascents.