1 I rejoiced when they kept on asking me, “Let us go to the LORD’s Temple.” ISV — Psalm 122:1
2 Our feet are standing inside your gates, Jerusalem. ISV — Psalm 122:2
3 Jerusalem stands built up, a city knitted together. ISV — Psalm 122:3
4 To it the tribes ascend— the tribes of the LORD— as decreed to Israel, to give thanks to the name of the LORD. ISV — Psalm 122:4
5 For thrones are established there for judgment, thrones of the house of David. ISV — Psalm 122:5
6 Pray for peace for Jerusalem: “May those who love you be at peace! a122:6 Or you prosper ISV — Psalm 122:6
7 May peace be within your ramparts, and b122:7 So LXX Syr DSS 11QPs; the Heb. lacks and prosperity c122:7 Or peacefulness; LXX reads abundance within your fortresses.” ISV — Psalm 122:7
8 For the sake of my relatives and friends I will now say, “May there be peace within you.” ISV — Psalm 122:8
9 For the sake of the Temple of the LORD our God, I will seek your welfare. ISV — Psalm 122:9