1 I rejoiced when they said to me, "Let us go to the LORD's house."
2 Our feet are standing inside your gates, Jerusalem—
3 Jerusalem, built as a city joined closely together,
4 to which the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD—a testimony to Israel—to give thanks to the name of the LORD.
5 For there the thrones of judgment stand, the thrones of David's house.
6 Ask for the peace of Jerusalem: "May those who love you be at ease.
7 May there be peace inside your ramparts, ease within your citadels."
8 For the sake of my brothers and friends, let me say, "Peace be inside you."
9 For the sake of the house of the LORD our God I will seek your welfare.