Psalms 122

1To thee have I lifted up my eyes, who dwellest in heaven.

1 I was glad because they said to me, We will go into the house of the Lord.

1 I rejoiced when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of Jehovah.

2Behold as the eyes of servants are on the hands of their masters, As the eyes of the handmaid are on the hands of her mistress: so are our eyes unto the Lord our God, until he have mercy on us.

2At last our feet were inside your doors, O Jerusalem.

2 Our feet shall stand within thy gates, O Jerusalem.

3Have mercy on us, O Lord, have mercy on us: for we are greatly filled with contempt.

3O Jerusalem, you are like a town which is well joined together;

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

4For our soul is greatly filled: we are a reproach to the rich, and contempt to the proud.

4To which the tribes went up, even the tribes of the Lord, for a witness to Israel, to give praise to the name of the Lord.

4 Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of Jah, a testimony to Israel, to give thanks unto the name of Jehovah.

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5For there seats for the judges were placed, even the rulers' seats of the line of David.

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

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6O make prayers for the peace of Jerusalem; may they whose love is given to you do well.

6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee.

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7May peace be inside your walls, and wealth in your noble houses.

7 Peace be within thy bulwarks, prosperity within thy palaces.

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8Because of my brothers and friends, I will now say, Let peace be with you.

8 For my brethren and companions' sakes I will say, Peace be within thee!

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9Because of the house of the Lord our God, I will be working for your good.

9 Because of the house of Jehovah ourGod I will seek thy good.