NRSV Psalms 122 Chapter
122:1
I was glad when they said to me, "Let us go to the house of the LORD!"
122:2
Our feet are standing within your gates, O Jerusalem.
122:3
Jerusalem-- built as a city that is bound firmly together.
122:4
To it the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, as was decreed for Israel, to give thanks to the name of the LORD.
122:5
For there the thrones for judgment were set up, the thrones of the house of David.
122:6
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: "May they prosper who love you.
122:7
Peace be within your walls, and security within your towers."
122:8
For the sake of my relatives and friends I will say, "Peace be within you."
122:9
For the sake of the house of the LORD our God, I will seek your good.