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1 (Shir HaMa'alot [Song of Ascents], of Dovid)
I was glad when they said unto me,
Let us go into the Bais Hashem.
2 Our feet shall stand within thy she'arim,
O Yerushalayim.
3 Yerushalayim is built as an Ir
bound firmly together;
4 That is where the Shevatim (tribes) go up,
the Shivtei Hashem,
according to the edut l'Yisroel (the statute to Yisroel),
to give thanks unto the Shem of Hashem.
5 For there are set kise'ot l'mishpat (thrones of judgment),
the kise'ot of the Bais Dovid.
6 Sha'alu shalom Yerushalayim (pray for the peace of Jerusalem);
they shall prosper that love thee.
7 Shalom be within thy wall,
and security within thy citadels.
8 L'ma'an (for the sake of) my achim and companions,
I will now say, Shalom be within thee.
9 L'ma'an the Bais Hashem Eloheinu
I will seek thy tov.