Psalm 122

Let Us Go to the House of the Lord

A Song of Ascents. Of David.

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.