1 I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go to 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 are standing inside your gates, O Jerusalem.

Our feet are standing Within your gates, O Jerusalem,

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

Jerusalem, that is 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.

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 were set there for telling who is guilty or not, 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 all go well for those who love you.

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

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

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

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

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 pray for your good.

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