1. - I was glad when they said to me, Let us go into the house of the Lord.
2. Our feet stood in thy courts, O Jerusalem.
3. Jerusalem is built as a city whose fellowship is complete.
4. For thither the tribes went up, the tribes of the Lord, as a testimony for Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the Lord.
5. For there are set thrones for judgement, even thrones for the house of David.
6. [Or, ask Jerusalem how it is with her] Pray now for the peace of Jerusalem: and let there be prosperity to them that love thee.
7. Let peace, I pray, be within thine host, and prosperity in thy palaces.
8. For the sake of my brethren and my neighbours, I have indeed spoken peace concerning thee.
9. Because of the house of the Lord our God, I have diligently sought thy good.