Let Us Go to the House of the Lord

A Song of Ascents. Of David.

¹ I was glad when they said to me,

“Let us go to the house of the Lord !”

² Our feet have been standing

within your gates, O Jerusalem!

³ Jerusalem— built as a city

that is bound firmly together,

⁴ to which the tribes go up,

the tribes of the Lord ,

as was decreed for Israel,

to give thanks to the name of the Lord .

⁵ There thrones for judgment were set,

the thrones of the house of David.

⁶ Pray for the peace of Jerusalem!

“May they be secure who love you!

⁷ Peace be within your walls

and security within your towers!”

⁸ For my brothers and companions’ sake

I will say, “Peace be within you!”

⁹ For the sake of the house of the Lord our God,

I will seek your good.