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Psalm 122

Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem

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 are standing in your gates, O Jerusalem.

³ Jerusalem is built up as a city united together,

⁴ where the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, as a testimony for Israel, to give thanks to the name of the LORD.

⁵ For there the thrones of judgment stand, the thrones of the house of David.

⁶ Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: “May those who love you prosper.1

⁷ May there be peace within your walls, and prosperity 2 inside your fortresses.”

⁸ For the sake of my brothers and friends, I will say, “Peace be within you.”

⁹ For the sake of the house of the LORD our God, I will seek your prosperity.


  1. 122:6 Or be secure ↩︎

  2. 122:7 Or security ↩︎