Let Us Go to the House of the Lord

A Song of (A)Ascents. Of David.

122 I was glad when they said to me,
    (B)“Let us go to the house of the Lord!”
Our feet have been standing
    within your gates, O Jerusalem!

Jerusalem—(C)built as a city
    that is (D)bound firmly together,
to which the tribes (E)go up,
    the tribes of the Lord,
as was (F)decreed for[a] Israel,
    to give thanks to the name of the Lord.
There (G)thrones for judgment were set,
    the thrones of the house of David.

(H)Pray for the peace of Jerusalem!
    “May they be secure who love you!
Peace be within your (I)walls
    and security within your (J)towers!”
For my brothers and companions' sake
    I will say, (K)“Peace be within you!”
For the sake of the house of the Lord our God,
    I will (L)seek your good.

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 122:4 Or as a testimony for

A Davidic Song of Ascents

Up to Jerusalem

122 I rejoiced when they kept on asking me,
    “Let us go to the Lord’s Temple.”
Our feet are standing
    inside your gates, Jerusalem.
Jerusalem stands built up,
    a city knitted together.
To it the tribes ascend—
    the tribes of the Lord
as decreed to Israel,
    to give thanks to the name of the Lord.
For thrones are established there for judgment,
    thrones of the house of David.

Pray for peace for Jerusalem:
    “May those who love you be at peace![a]
May peace be within your ramparts,
    and[b] prosperity[c] within your fortresses.”

For the sake of my relatives and friends
    I will now say, “May there be peace within you.”
For the sake of the Temple of the Lord our God,
    I will seek your welfare.

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 122:6 Or you prosper
  2. Psalm 122:7 So LXX Syr DSS 11QPsa; the Heb. lacks and
  3. Psalm 122:7 Or peacefulness; LXX reads abundance