Psalm 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!”
2 Our feet are standing
    within your gates, O Jerusalem.

3 Jerusalem—built as a city
    that is bound firmly together.
4 To it the tribes go up,
    the tribes of the Lord,
as was decreed for Israel,
    to give thanks to the name of the Lord.
5 For there the thrones for judgment were set up,
    the thrones of the house of David.

6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem:
    “May they prosper who love you.
7 Peace be within your walls,
    and security within your towers.”
8 For the sake of my relatives and friends
    I will say, “Peace be within you.”
9 For the sake of the house of the Lord our God,
    I will seek your good.