Thematic Bible
Psalm 122:1 (show verse)
“Let us go to the house of the Lord.”
Psalm 122:2 (show verse)
Our feet are standing
Within your gates, O Jerusalem,
Psalm 122:3 (show verse)
Jerusalem, that is built
As a city that is firmly joined together;
Psalm 122:4 (show verse)
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.
Psalm 122:5 (show verse)
For there the thrones of judgment were set,
The thrones of the house of David.
Psalm 122:6 (show verse)
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem:
“May they prosper who love you [holy city].
Psalm 122:7 (show verse)
“May peace be within your walls
And prosperity within your palaces.”
Psalm 122:8 (show verse)
For the sake of my brothers and my friends,
I will now say, “May peace be within you.”
Psalm 122:9 (show verse)
For the sake of the house of the Lord our God [which is Jerusalem],
I will seek your (the city’s) good.