Psalm 122
Words: The Psalter of the United Presbyterian Church of North America, 1887 ed.
Note: This page also has a Long Metre
version of this psalm.
1 I joyed when to the house of God,
Go up, they said to me.
Jerusalem, within thy gates
Our feet shall standing be.
2 Jerus'lem as a city is
Compactly built, and fair;
To it the tribes go up; to it,
The tribes of God repair.
3 To Isr'el's testimony, there
To God's name thanks to pay.
For thrones of judgment, ev'n the thrones
Of David's house, there stay.
4 Pray that Jerusalem may have
Peace and felicity:
All those who love thee and thy peace
Shall have prosperity.
5 I therefore wish that peace may still
Within thy walls remain,
And ever may thy palaces
Prosperity retain.
6 And now, for friends' and brethren's sakes,
Peace be in thee. I'll say.
Yea for the house of God our Lord,
I'll seek thy good alway.
1 With joy I hear my friends exclaim,
"Come let us ill God's temple meet."
Within thy gates, Jerusalem,
Shall ever stand our willing feet.
2 A city built compact and fair,
Jerus'lem stands, the sacred place
To which the gathering tribes repair,
Tribes of Jehovah's chosen race.
3 'Tis there by his command they meet,
To render thanks and pay their vows;
And there is judgment's royal seat,
There are the thrones of' David's house.
4 Pray that Jerus'lem's peace endure,
For all that love thee God will bless;
Peace dwell within thy walls secure,
And joy within thy palaces.
5 For sake of friends and kindred dear,
My heart's desire is "peace to thee;"
And for the house of God, my prayer
Shall seek thy good continually.
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