✧A Song of Ascents. By David. I was glad when they said to me, “Let’s go to the LORD’s house!” ✧2Our feet are standing within your gates, Jerusalem! ✧3Jerusalem is built as a city that is compact together, ✧4where the tribes go up, even the LORD’s tribes, according to an ordinance for Israel, to give thanks to the LORD’s name. ✧5For there are set thrones for judgment, the thrones of David’s house. ✧6Pray for the peace of Jerusalem. Those who love you will prosper. ✧7Peace be within your walls, and prosperity within your palaces. ✧8For my brothers’ and companions’ sakes, I will now say, “Peace be within you.” ✧9For the sake of the house of the LORD our God, I will seek your good.