151) Psalm 122

Psalm 122 A Song of degrees of David.

8.6.8.6 1 I joy’d when to the house of God, Go up, they said to me.

2 Jerusalem, within thy gates our feet shall standing be.

3 Jerus’lem, as a city, is compactly built together:

4 Unto that place the tribes go up, the tribes of God go thither: To Isr’el’s testimony, there to God’s name thanks to pay.

5 For thrones of judgment, ev’n the thrones of David’s house, there stay.

6 Pray that Jerusalem may have peace and felicity:

Let them that love thee and thy peace have still prosperity.

7 Therefore I wish that peace may still within thy walls remain, And ever may thy palaces prosperity retain.

8 Now, for my friends’ and brethren’s sakes, Peace be in thee, I’ll say.

9 And for the house of God our Lord, I’ll seek thy good alway.

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