^1. IWAS 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 compact together;

^4. To which the tribes go up, even the tribes of [2] the LORD -- [1] An ordinance for Israel -- To give thanks to the name of the LORD.

^5. For there thrones were set for judgment, The thrones of the house of David.

^6. Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: «May they prosper who love you.

^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, I will seek your good.