1 I was glad when they said to me, Let us go to the house of the Lord!

2 O ur feet are standing within your gates, O Jerusalem!—

3 J erusalem, which is built as a city that is compacted together—

4 T o which the tribes go up, even the tribes of the Lord, as was decreed and as a testimony for Israel, to give thanks to the name of the Lord.

5 F or there the thrones of judgment were set, the thrones of the house of David.

6 P ray for the peace of Jerusalem! May they prosper who love you!

7 M ay peace be within your walls and prosperity within your palaces!

8 F or my brethren and companions’ sake, I will now say, Peace be within you!

9 F or the sake of the house of the Lord our God, I will seek, inquire for, and require your good.