Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem

A song of ascents. Of David.

I was glad when they said to me,

“Let us go to the house of the LORD.”

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Our feet are standing in your gates,

O Jerusalem.

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Jerusalem is built up

as a city united together,

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where the tribes go up,

the tribes of the LORD,

as a testimony for Israel,

to give thanks to the name of the LORD.

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For there the thrones of judgment stand,

the thrones of the house of David.

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Pray for the peace of Jerusalem:

“May those who love you prosper.[fn]

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May there be peace within your walls,

[and] prosperity[fn] inside your fortresses.”

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For the sake of my brothers and friends,

I will say,“Peace [be] within you.”

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For the sake of the house of the LORD our God,

I will seek your prosperity