1 A song of ascents, by David. I was glad because they said to me, “We will go to the Lord’s temple.”
2 Our feet are standing inside your gates, O Jerusalem.
3 Jerusalem is a city designed to accommodate an assembly.
4 The tribes go up there, the tribes of the Lord, where it is required that Israel give thanks to the name of the Lord.
5 Indeed, the leaders sit there on thrones and make legal decisions, on the thrones of the house of David.
6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem! May those who love her prosper!
7 May there be peace inside your defenses, and prosperity inside your fortresses!
8 For the sake of my brothers and my neighbors I will say, “May there be peace in you!”
9 For the sake of the temple of the Lord our God I will pray for you to prosper.