1 A Song of Ascents. Of David. I rejoiced when they said to me, “Let us go to the House of Adonai.”
2 Our feet are standing in your gates, Jerusalem—
3 Jerusalem, built as a city joined together.
4 There the tribes go up, the tribes of Adonai —as a testimony to Israel— to praise the Name of Adonai.
5 For there thrones for judgment are set up, the thrones of the house of David.
6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem— “May those who love you be at peace!
7 May there be shalom within your walls— quietness within your palaces.”
8 For the sake of my brothers and friends, I now say: “Shalom be within you.”
9 For the sake of the House of Adonai our God, I will seek your good.