1 I was glad when they said to me, Let us go into the house of the Lord.

2 Our feet stood in your courts, O Jerusalem.

3 Jerusalem is built as a city whose fellowship is complete.

4 For there the tribes went up, the tribes of the Lord, as a testimony for Israel, to give thanks to the name of the Lord.

5 For there are set thrones for judgment, even thrones for the house of David.

6  * Or, ask Jerusalem how it is with her. Pray now for the peace of Jerusalem: and let there be prosperity to them that love you.

7 Let peace, I pray, be within your host, and prosperity in your palaces.

8 For the sake of my brethren and my neighbors, I have indeed spoken peace concerning you.

9 Because of the house of the Lord our God, I have diligently sought your good.