1 I was glad when they said to me, “We will go to the house of the Lord.”
2 Now we are standing, within your gates, O Jerusalem.
3 O Jerusalem, built close-packed, like a city without breach or gap,
4 to you do the tribes come, the tribes of the Lord, as the law has ordained for Israel, there to give thanks to the Lord.
5 There once stood thrones of justice even thrones of the household of David.
6 Pray that all may be well with Jerusalem, and well with those who love you,
7 well within your ramparts, and well within your palaces.
8 For the sake of my brethren and friends, I will wish you now prosperity:
9 for the sake of the house of the Lord our God, I will seek your good.