Psalms 122:1-9

¹I was glad when they said to me,
“Let us go to the house of the Lord.”
²Our feet are standing
Within your gates, O Jerusalem,
³Jerusalem, that is built
As a city that is compact together;
⁴To which the tribes go up, even the tribes of the Lord—
An ordinance for Israel—
To give thanks to the name of the Lord.
⁵For there thrones were set for judgment,
The thrones of the house of David.

⁶Pray for the peace of Jerusalem:
“May they prosper who love you.
⁷“May peace be within your walls,
And prosperity within your palaces.”
⁸For the sake of my brothers and my friends,
I will now say, “May peace be within you.”
⁹For the sake of the house of the Lord our God,
I will seek your good.