Psalms 122

1 A song of ascents. Of David. I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go to the house of the LORD.”

1 I was glad when they said to me, “Let’s go to Yahweh’s house!”

2 Our feet are standing in your gates, O Jerusalem.

2 Our feet are standing within your gates, Jerusalem!

3 Jerusalem is built up as a city united together,

3 Jerusalem is built as a city that is compact together,

4 where the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, as a testimony for Israel, to give thanks to the name of the LORD.

4 where the tribes go up, even Yah’s tribes, according to an ordinance for Israel, to give thanks to Yahweh’s name.

5 For there the thrones of judgment stand, the thrones of the house of David.

5 For there are set thrones for judgment, the thrones of David’s house.

6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: “May those who love you prosper.

6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem. Those who love you will prosper.

7 May there be peace within your walls, and prosperity inside your fortresses.”

7 Peace be within your walls, and prosperity within your palaces.

8 For the sake of my brothers and friends, I will say, “Peace be within you.”

8 For my brothers’ and companions’ sakes, I will now say, “Peace be within you.”

9 For the sake of the house of the LORD our God, I will seek your prosperity.

9 For the sake of the house of Yahweh our God, I will seek your good.