A Song of Degrees Of David
1 I was glad when they said to me, “Into the house of Jehovah we will go.
2 “Our feet shall be standing in thy gates, O Jerusalem!”
3 Jerusalem built as a city, compact in itself together.
4 Thither ascended the tribes, the tribes of God, For a testimony to Israel, To celebrate the name of Jehovah.
5 For there have sat thrones for judgment, The thrones of the house of David.
6 Pray ye for the peace of Jerusalem: Prosper may those who love thee!
7 Peace be within thy bulwark! Prosperity within thy towers!
8 For the sake of my brethren and my neighbors, I will say now, “Peace [be] within thee!“
9 For the sake of the house of Jehovah our God, I will seek good for thee.
Psalm 123
A Song of Degrees
1 To thee will I lift up mine eyes, [O thou] who dwellest in the heavens!
2 Behold! as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their masters; As the eyes of a handmaid look to the hand of her mistress, So our eyes [look] to Jehovah our God, Until he have mercy upon us.
3 Have mercy upon us, O Jehovah! have mercy upon us; For we are exceedingly filled with reproach.
4 Exceedingly filled in itself is our soul With the mockery of the rich, With the contempt of the proud.