Psalms 122
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A song of ascents. Of David.
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I was glad when they said to me, “We will go to the house of the Lord.”
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Now we are standing, within your gates, O Jerusalem.
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O Jerusalem, built close-packed, like a city without breach or gap,
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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.
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There once stood thrones of justice even thrones of the household of David.
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Pray that all may be well with Jerusalem, and well with those who love you,
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well within your ramparts, and well within your palaces.
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For the sake of my brethren and friends, I will wish you now prosperity:
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for the sake of the house of the Lord our God, I will seek your good.
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