Psalms 122
1I WAS rejoiced when they said to me, Let us go to the house of the Lord.
2Our feet have been standing in thy courts, O Jerusalem.
3Jerusalem is built like a city; with regard to which, the participation of it is for this very purpose:
4for thither the tribes have come up—the tribes of the Lord, a testimony to Israel; that they may give thanks to the name of the Lord:
5because there the thrones for judgment are set—thrones for the house of David.
6Pray, I beseech you, for the peace of Jerusalem; and for prosperity to them who love thee.
7O let there be peace in thine army and prosperity in thy palaces!
8For the sake of my brethren and neighbours, I have expressed a wish of peace for thee—
9For the sake of the house of the Lord our God I have earnestly sought thy good.