A Song of Ascents. By David.
1I was glad when they said to me,
“Let’s go to the Lord’s house!”
2Our feet are standing within your gates, Jerusalem!
3Jerusalem is built as a city that is compact together,
4where the tribes go up, even the Lord’s tribes,
according to an ordinance for Israel,
to give thanks to the Lord’s name.
5For there are set thrones for judgment,
the thrones of David’s house.
6Pray for the peace of Jerusalem.
Those who love you will prosper.
7Peace be within your walls,
and prosperity within your palaces.
8For my brothers’ and companions’ sakes,
I will now say, “Peace be within you.”
9For the sake of the house of the Lord our God,
I will seek your good.
1Canticum graduum. Lætatus sum in his quæ dicta sunt mihi: In domum Domini ibimus. 2Stantes erant pedes nostri in atriis tuis, Jerusalem. 3Jerusalem, quæ ædificatur ut civitas, cujus participatio ejus in idipsum. 4Illuc enim ascenderunt tribus, tribus Domini: testimonium Israël, ad confitendum nomini Domini. 5Quia illic sederunt sedes in judicio, sedes super domum David. 6Rogate quæ ad pacem sunt Jerusalem, et abundantia diligentibus te. 7Fiat pax in virtute tua, et abundantia in turribus tuis. 8Propter fratres meos et proximos meos, loquebar pacem de te. 9Propter domum Domini Dei nostri, quæsivi bona tibi.