Lexham English Bible

Psalms 122 Lexham English Bible (LEB)

Jerusalem the Site of God’s Presence

1. I rejoiced in those who said to me, “Let us go to the house of Yahweh.”

2. Our feet are standing within your gates, O Jerusalem—

3. Jerusalem that is built as a city that is joined together,

4. where the tribes go up, the tribes of Yah as a testimony for Israel, to give thanks to the name of Yahweh.

5. For there the thrones sit for judgment, thrones of David’s house.

6. Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: “May those who love you be at ease.

7. May peace be within your walls, security within your palaces.”

8. For the sake of my brothers and my friends, I will say, “Peace be within you.”

9. For the sake of the house of Yahweh our God, I will seek your good.