Psalms

¹ A Song of Ascents. Of David. I was glad when they said to me, "Let us go to the house of the LORD."

² Our feet are standing Within your gates, O Jerusalem,

³ Jerusalem, that is built As a city that is firmly joined together;

⁴ To 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.

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 [holy city].

⁷ "May peace be within your walls And prosperity within your palaces."

⁸ For the sake of my brothers and my friends, I will now say, "May peace be within you."

⁹ For the sake of the house of the LORD our God [which is Jerusalem], I will seek your (the city's) good.