A Song of Ascents. By David.

¹I was glad when they said to me, “Let’s go to the LORD’s house!”²Our feet are standing within your gates, Jerusalem!³Jerusalem is built as a city that is compact together,⁴where the tribes go up, even the LORD’s tribes, according to an ordinance for Israel, to give thanks to the LORD’s name.⁵For there are set thrones for judgment, the thrones of David’s house.⁶Pray for the peace of Jerusalem. Those who love you will prosper.⁷Peace be within your walls, and prosperity within your palaces.⁸For my brothers’ and companions’ sakes, I will now say, “Peace be within you.”⁹For the sake of the house of the LORD our God, I will seek your good.