Psalm 122:1-Psalm 123:1 - A Prayer For Jerusalem

1 A song of ascents, by David. I was glad because they said to me, "We will go to the Lord's temple." 2 Our feet are standing inside your gates, O Jerusalem.

3 Jerusalem is a city designed to accommodate an assembly. 4 The tribes go up there, the tribes of the Lord, where it is required that Israel give thanks to the name of the Lord. 5 Indeed, the leaders sit there on thrones and make legal decisions, on the thrones of the house of David.

6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem! May those who love her prosper! 7 May there be peace inside your defenses, and prosperity inside your fortresses! 8 For the sake of my brothers and my neighbors I will say, "May there be peace in you!" 9 For the sake of the temple of the Lord our God I will pray for you to prosper.

1 A song of ascents. I look up toward you, the one enthroned in heaven.


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