Psalm 122

₁I was glad when they said to me,

“Let us go to the house of the Lord!”

₂Our feet have been standing

within your gates, O Jerusalem!

₃Jerusalem—built as a city

that is bound firmly together,

₄to which the tribes go up,

the tribes of the Lord,

as was decreed for Israel,

to give thanks to the name of the Lord.

₅There thrones for judgment were set,

the thrones of the house of David.

₆Pray for the peace of Jerusalem!

“May they be secure who love you!

₇Peace be within your walls

and security within your towers!”

₈For my brothers and companions’ sake

I will say, “Peace be within you!”

₉For the sake of the house of the Lord our God,

I will seek your good.