Psalms 122

122

1-2When they said, “Let’s go to the house of God,”

my heart leaped for joy.

And now we’re here, O Jerusalem,

inside Jerusalem’s walls!

3-5Jerusalem, well-built city,

built as a place for worship!

The city to which the tribes ascend,

all God’s tribes go up to worship,

To give thanks to the name of God—

this is what it means to be Israel.

Thrones for righteous judgment

are set there, famous David-thrones.

6-9Pray for Jerusalem’s peace!

Prosperity to all you Jerusalem-lovers!

Friendly insiders, get along!

Hostile outsiders, keep your distance!

For the sake of my family and friends,

I say it again: live in peace!

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

I’ll do my very best for you.

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Psalm 122

122

A Song of Ascents. Of David.

1 I WAS glad when they said to me, Let us go to the house of the Lord! [Isa. 2:3; Zech. 8:21.]

2 Our feet are standing within your gates, O Jerusalem!–

3 Jerusalem, which is built as a city that is compacted together–

4 To which the tribes go up, even the tribes of the Lord, as was decreed and as a testimony for Israel, to give thanks to the name of the Lord.

5 For there the thrones of judgment were set, the thrones of the house of David.

6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem! May they prosper who love you [the Holy City]!

7 May peace be within your walls and prosperity within your palaces!

8 For my brethren and companions' sake, I will now say, Peace be within you!

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

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