Psalms 122:1-8

¹A song of ascents. Of David. I was glad when they said to me, “We will go to the house of the Lord.”

²Now we are standing, within your gates, O Jerusalem.

³O Jerusalem, built close-packed, like a city without breach or gap,

⁴to you do the tribes come, the tribes of the Lord, as the law has ordained for Israel, there to give thanks to the Lord.

⁵There once stood thrones of justice even thrones of the household of David.

⁶Pray that all may be well with Jerusalem, and well with those who love you,

⁷well within your ramparts, and well within your palaces.

⁸For the sake of my brethren and friends, I will wish you now prosperity: