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

I rejoiced when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of Jehovah.

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

Our feet shall stand within thy gates, O Jerusalem.

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

Jerusalem, which art built as a city that is compact 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.

Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of Jah, a testimony to Israel, to give thanks unto the name of Jehovah.

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

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

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

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee.

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

Peace be within thy bulwarks, prosperity within thy palaces.

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

For my brethren and companions' sakes I will say, Peace be within thee!

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

Because of the house of Jehovah our God I will seek thy good.