¹A Song of Ascents. By David. I was glad when they said to me, “Let’s go to the LORD’s house!”

²Our feet are standing within your gates, Jerusalem!

³Jerusalem is built as a city that is compact together,

⁴where the tribes go up, even the LORD’s tribes, according to an ordinance for Israel, to give thanks to the LORD’s name.

⁵For there are set thrones for judgment, the thrones of David’s house.

⁶Pray for the peace of Jerusalem. Those who love you will prosper.

⁷Peace be within your walls, and prosperity within your palaces.

⁸For my brothers’ and companions’ sakes, I will now say, “Peace be within you.”

⁹For the sake of the house of the LORD our God, I will seek your good.