1 I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go into the house of the Lord.”

I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go to the house of the Lord.”

2 O ur feet have been standing Within your gates, O Jerusalem!

Our feet are standing Within your gates, O Jerusalem,

3 J erusalem is built As a city that is compact together,

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

4 W here the tribes go up, The tribes of the Lord, To the Testimony of Israel, To give thanks to the name of the Lord.

To 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 thrones are set there for judgment, The thrones of the house of David.

For 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.

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: “May they prosper who love you.

7 P eace be within your walls, Prosperity within your palaces.”

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

8 F or the sake of my brethren and companions, I will now say, “Peace be within you.”

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

9 B ecause of the house of the Lord our God I will seek your good.

For the sake of the house of the Lord our God, I will seek your good.