The Joy of Going to the House of the Lord
A Song of Ascents. Of David.
1 I was glad when they said to me,
# “Let us go into the house of theLord.”
2 Our feet have been standing
Within your gates, O Jerusalem!
3 Jerusalem is built
# As a city that iscompact together,
4 Where the tribes go up,
The tribes of theLord,
# Tothe Testimony of Israel,
To give thanks to the name of theLord.
5 For thrones are set there for judgment,
The thrones of the house of David.
6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem:
“May they prosper who love you.
7 Peace be within your walls,
Prosperity within your palaces.”
8 For the sake of my brethren and companions,
I will now say, “Peacebewithin you.”
9 Because of the house of theLordour God
# I willseek your good.