Ps 122:1I was glad when they said to me, "Let us go to the house of the LORD." [Is 2:3; Zech 8:21]
Ps 122:2Our feet are standing Within your gates, O Jerusalem,
Ps 122:3Jerusalem, that is built As a city that is firmly joined together;
Ps 122:4To which the [twelve] tribes go up, even the tribes of the LORD, [As was decreed as] an ordinance for Israel, To give thanks to the name of the LORD.
Ps 122:5For there the thrones of judgment were set, The thrones of the house of David.
Ps 122:6¶ Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: "May they prosper who love you [holy city].
Ps 122:7"May peace be within your walls And prosperity within your palaces."
Ps 122:8For the sake of my brothers and my friends, I will now say, "May peace be within you."
Ps 122:9For the sake of the house of the LORD our God [which is Jerusalem], I will seek your (the city's) good. A Song of Ascents.<SS>