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, that is built As a city that is compact together;

4 T o which the tribes go up, even the tribes of the Lord — An ordinance for Israel— To give thanks to the name of the Lord.

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

6 P ray for the peace of Jerusalem: “May they prosper who love you.

7 “ May peace be within your walls, And prosperity within your palaces.”

8 F or the sake of my brothers and my friends, I will now say, “ May peace be within you.”

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