122:1 A song of ascents; by David.

I was glad because they said to me,

“We will go to the Lord’s temple.”

2 Our feet are standing

inside your gates, O Jerusalem.

3 Jerusalem is a city designed

to accommodate an assembly.

4 The tribes go up there,

the tribes of the Lord,

where it is required that Israel

give thanks to the name of the Lord.

5 Indeed, the leaders sit there on thrones and make legal decisions,

on the thrones of the house of David.

6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem.

May those who love her prosper.

7 May there be peace inside your defenses

and prosperity inside your fortresses.

8 For the sake of my brothers and my neighbors

I will say, “May there be peace in you.”

9 For the sake of the temple of the Lord our God

I will pray for you to prosper.

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