1. I joy'd when to the house of God,Go up, they said to me.
2. Jerusalem, within thy gatesour feet shall standing be.
3. Jerus'lem, as a city, iscompactly built together:
4. Unto that place the tribes go up,the tribes of God go thither:To Isr'el's testimony, thereto God's name thanks to pay.
5. For thrones of judgment, ev'n the thronesof David's house, there stay.
6. Pray that Jerusalem may havepeace and felicity:Let them that love thee and thy peacehave still prosperity.
7. Therefore I wish that peace may stillwithin thy walls remain,And ever may thy palacesprosperity retain.