Prayer for the Peace of Jerusalem.

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I was glad when they said to me,

“Let us go to the house of the Lord.”(A)
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Our feet are standing
Within your gates, O Jerusalem,
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Jerusalem, that is built
As a city that is firmly joined together;
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To which the [twelve] tribes go up, even the tribes of the Lord,
[As was decreed as] an ordinance for Israel,
To give thanks to the name of the Lord.
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For there the thrones of judgment were set,
The thrones of the house of David.
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Pray for the peace of Jerusalem:
“May they prosper who love you [holy city].
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“May peace be within your walls
And prosperity within your palaces.”
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For the sake of my brothers and my friends,
I will now say, “May peace be within you.”
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For the sake of the house of the Lord our God [which is Jerusalem],
I will seek your (the city’s) good.

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