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’s go to Yahweh’s house!”

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

Our feet are standing within your gates, 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.

where the tribes go up, even Yah’s tribes, according to an ordinance for Israel, to give thanks to Yahweh’s name.

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

For there are set thrones for judgment, the thrones of David’s house.

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

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem. Those who love you will prosper.

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

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 my brothers’ and companions’ sakes, I will now say, “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 Yahweh our God, I will seek your good.