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Psalm 122

Prayer for the Peace of Jerusalem.

A Song of [a]Ascents. Of David.

1I 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, that is built
As a city that is firmly joined together;
4 
To which the [twelve] tribes go up, even the tribes of the Lord,
[As was decreed as] an ordinance for Israel,
To give thanks to the name of the Lord.
5 
For there the thrones of judgment were set,
The thrones of the house of David.

6 
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem:
“May they prosper who love you [holy city].
7 
“May peace be within your walls
And prosperity within your palaces.”
8 
For the sake of my brothers and my friends,
I will now say, “May peace be within you.”
9 
For the sake of the house of the Lord our God [which is Jerusalem],
I will seek your (the city’s) good.

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 122:1 See Psalm 120 title note.
Psalm 122