Psalms 122
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
King James Version with Apocrypha
1A Song of Ascents; of David. I rejoiced when they said unto me: 'Let us go unto the house of the LORD.'
1I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the LORD .
2Our feet are standing within thy gates, O Jerusalem;
2Our feet shall stand within thy gates, O Jerusalem.
3Jerusalem, that art builded as a city that is compact together;
3Jerusalem is builded as a city that is compact together:
4Whither the tribes went up, even the tribes of the LORD, as a testimony unto Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the LORD.
4Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD , unto the testimony of Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the LORD .
5For there were set thrones for judgment, the thrones of the house of David.
5For there are set thrones of judgment, the thrones of the house of David.
6Pray for the peace of Jerusalem; may they prosper that love thee.
6Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee.
7Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces.
7Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces.
8For my brethren and companions' sakes, I will now say: 'Peace be within thee.'
8For my brethren and companions’ sakes, I will now say, Peace be within thee.
9For the sake of the house of the LORD our God I will seek thy good.
9Because of the house of the LORD our God I will seek thy good.
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