A Song of Ascents.
[122:1] I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go to the house of the Lord!”
[122:2] Our feet have been standing within your gates, O Jerusalem!
[122:3] Jerusalem—built as a city that is bound firmly together,
[122:4] to which the tribes go up, the tribes of the Lord, as was decreed for Israel, to give thanks to the name of the Lord.
[122:5] There thrones for judgment were set, the thrones of the house of David.
[122:6] Pray for the peace of Jerusalem! “May they be secure who love you!
[122:7] Peace be within your walls and security within your towers!”
[122:8] For my brothers and companions’ sake I will say, “Peace be within you!”
[122:9] For the sake of the house of the Lord our God, I will seek your good.