1A Song of Degrees. I was glad when they said to me,
Let us go into the house of the Lord.

2Our feet stood
In thy courts, O Jerusalem.

3Jerusalem is built as a city
Whose fellowship is complete.

4For thither the tribes went up,
The tribes of the Lord, as a testimony for Israel,
To give thanks unto the name of the Lord.

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

6Pray now for the peace of Jerusalem:
And let there be prosperity to them that love thee.

7Let peace, I pray, be within thy host,
And prosperity in thy palaces.

8For the sake of my brethren and my neighbors,
I have indeed spoken peace concerning thee.

9Because of the house of the Lord our God,
I have diligently sought thy good.