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Psalms 122 Parallel Bible Translations
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| 1 | [A song by David for going up to worship.] I was glad when they said to me, |Let's go to the house of the LORD.| | I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go to the house of the LORD!” | A song of ascents. Of David. I rejoiced with those who said to me, “Let us go to the house of the LORD.” | |
| 2 | Our feet are standing inside your gates, Jerusalem. | Our feet have been standing within your gates, O Jerusalem! | Our feet are standing in your gates, Jerusalem. | |
| 3 | Jerusalem is built to be a city where the people are united. | Jerusalem—built as a city that is bound firmly together, | Jerusalem is built like a city that is closely compacted together. | |
| 4 | All of the LORD's tribes go to that city because it is a law in Israel to give thanks to the name of the LORD. | to which the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, as was decreed for Israel, to give thanks to the name of the LORD. | That is where the tribes go up— the tribes of the LORD— to praise the name of the LORD according to the statute given to Israel. | |
| 5 | The court of justice sits there. It consists of [princes who are] David's descendants. | There thrones for judgment were set, the thrones of the house of David. | There stand the thrones for judgment, the thrones of the house of David. | |
| 6 | Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: |May those who love you prosper. | Pray for the peace of Jerusalem! “May they be secure who love you! | Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: “May those who love you be secure. | |
| 7 | May there be peace inside your walls and prosperity in your palaces.| | Peace be within your walls and security within your towers!” | May there be peace within your walls and security within your citadels.” | |
| 8 | For the sake of my relatives and friends, let me say, |May it go well for you!| | For my brothers and companions’ sake I will say, “Peace be within you!” | For the sake of my family and friends, I will say, “Peace be within you.” | |
| 9 | For the sake of the house of the LORD our God, I will seek what is good for you. | For the sake of the house of the LORD our God, I will seek your good. | For the sake of the house of the LORD our God, I will seek your prosperity. | |
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