Liber Psalmorum, 121

1. canticum graduum huic David lætatus sum in his quæ dicta sunt mihi in domum Domini ibimus

1. I rejoiced at the things that were said to me: We shall go into the house of the Lord.

2. stantes erant pedes nostri in atriis tuis Hierusalem

2. Our feet were standing in thy courts, O Jerusalem.

3. Hierusalem quæ ædificatur ut civitas cujus participatio ejus in id ipsum

3. Jerusalem, which is built as a city, which is compact together.

4. illic enim ascenderunt tribus tribus Domini testimonium Israël ad confitendum nomini Domini

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. quia illic sederunt sedes in judicium sedes super domum David

5. Because their seats have sat in judgment, seats upon the house of David.

6. rogate quæ ad pacem sunt Hierusalem et abundantia diligentibus te

6. Pray ye for the things that are for the peace of Jerusalem: and abundance for them that love thee.

7. fiat pax in virtute tua et abundantia in turribus tuis

7. Let peace be in thy strength: and abundance in thy towers.

8. propter fratres meos et proximos meos loquebar pacem de te

8. For the sake of my brethren, and of my neighbours, I spoke peace of thee.

9. propter domum Domini Dei nostri quæsivi bona tibi

9. Because of the house of the Lord our God, I have sought good things for thee.