Psalms 121
Laetatus sum in his. The desire and hope of the just for the coming of the kingdom of God, and the peace of his church. A gradual canticle.
I rejoiced at the things that were said to me:
We shall go into the house of the Lord.
2 Our feet were standing in thy courts,
O Jerusalem.
3 Jerusalem, which is built as a city,
which is compact together.
4 For thither did the tribes go up, the tribes of the Lord:
the testimony of Israel, to praise the name of the Lord.
5 Because their seats have sat in judgment,
seats upon the house of David.
6 Pray ye for the things that are for the peace of Jerusalem:
and abundance for them that love thee.
7 Let peace be in thy strength:
and abundance in thy towers.
8 For the sake of my brethren,
and of my neighbours, I spoke peace of thee.
9 Because of the house of the Lord our God,
I have sought good things for thee.