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

2 O ur feet are standing inside your gates, O Jerusalem.

3 J erusalem is built as a city where people come together.

4 T hat is where the different families go, the families of the Lord. There they give thanks to the name of the Lord, by the Law that was given to Israel.

5 F or thrones were set there for telling who is guilty or not, the thrones of the house of David.

6 P ray for the peace of Jerusalem. May all go well for those who love you.

7 M ay there be peace within your walls. May all go well within your houses.

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

9 B ecause of the house of the Lord our God, I will pray for your good.