Psalm 122 :: Brenton's English Septuagint (BES)

Psa 122:1(LXX 121:1) A Song of Degrees. I was glad when they said to me, Let us go into the house of the Lord.

Psa 122:2(LXX 121:2) Our feet stood in thy courts, O Jerusalem.

Psa 122:3(LXX 121:3) Jerusalem is built as a city whose fellowship is complete.

Psa 122:4(LXX 121:4) For thither the tribes went up, the tribes of the Lord, as a testimony for Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the Lord.

Psa 122:5(LXX 121:5) For there are set thrones for judgment, even thrones for the house of David.

Psa 122:6(LXX 121:6) [fn]Pray now for the peace of Jerusalem: and let there be prosperity to them that love thee.

Psa 122:7(LXX 121:7) Let peace, I pray, be within thine host, and prosperity in thy palaces.

Psa 122:8(LXX 121:8) For the sake of my brethren and my neighbours, I have indeed spoken peace concerning thee.

Psa 122:9(LXX 121:9) Because of the house of the Lord our God, I have diligently sought thy good.

Or, ask Jerusalem how it is with her.

Translation of the Greek Septuagint into English by Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton, originally published in 1851 and is now in the Public Domain

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