# Psalm 122 A Song of Ascents. Of David. 
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1. I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go to the house of the LORD!” 
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2. Our feet have been standing within your gates, O Jerusalem! 
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3. Jerusalem—built as a city that is bound firmly together, 
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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. 
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5. There thrones for judgment were set, the thrones of the house of David. 
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6. Pray for the peace of Jerusalem! “May they be secure who love you! 
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7. Peace be within your walls and security within your towers!” 
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8. For my brothers and companions’ sake I will say, “Peace be within you!” 
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9. For the sake of the house of the LORD our God, I will seek your good. 

(ESV)