1 I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go to the house of the LORD.”

2 Our feet are standing within your gates, Jerusalem.

3 Jerusalem is built as a city firmly joined together.

4 There the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, according to the testimony given to Israel, to give thanks to the name of the LORD.

5 For there stand thrones for judgment, the thrones of the house of David.

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

7 May there be peace within your walls and ease within your palaces.”

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

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