Psalmorum 122

1 Canticum graduum. Lætatus sum in his, quæ dicta sunt mihi: In domum Domini ibimus.

A song of ascents, of David. I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go to the house of Yahweh.”

2 Stantes erant pedes nostri, in atriis tuis Ierusalem.

Jerusalem, our feet are standing within your gates!

3 Ierusalem, quæ ædificatur ut civitas: cuius participatio eius in idipsum.

Jerusalem, built as a city carefully planned!

4 Illuc enim ascenderunt tribus, tribus Domini: testimonium Israel ad confitendum nomini Domini.

The tribes go up to Jerusalem—the tribes of Yahweh— as a testimony for Israel, to give thanks to the name of Yahweh.

5 Quia illic sederunt sedes in iudicio, sedes super domum David.

There thrones of judgment were set, thrones of the house of David.

6 Rogate quæ ad pacem sunt Ierusalem: et abundantia diligentibus te.

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem! “May those who love you have peace.

7 Fiat pax in virtute tua: et abundantia in turribus tuis.

May there be peace within the walls that defend you, and may they have peace within your fortresses.”

8 Propter fratres meos, et proximos meos, loquebar pacem de te:

For the sake of my brothers and my friends I will say, “May there be peace within you.”

9 Propter domum Domini Dei nostri, quæsivi bona tibi.

For the sake of the house of Yahweh our God, I will seek good for you.