A song of David for going up to the Temple.[599]
<1> I was very happy when people said,
"Let us go to the Lord's Temple."
<2> Here we are,
standing at the gates of Jerusalem.
<3> This is New Jerusalem!
The city has been rebuilt as one united city.
<4> That is where the tribes go.
The people of Israel go there
to praise the Lord's name.
They are the tribes
who belong to the Lord.
<5> The kings from David's family put their thrones here.
They set up their thrones here to judge the people.
<6> Pray for peace in Jerusalem.
"May those who love you find peace there.
<7> May there be peace within your walls.
May there be safety in your great buildings."
<8> For the good of my family and neighbors,
I pray that there will be peace here.
<9> For the good of the Temple[600] of the Lord our God,
I pray that good things will happen to this city.
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