A Song of degrees of David. 8,6,8,6 ^1I joy'd when to the house of God, Go up, they said to me. ^2Jerusalem, within thy gates our feet shall standing be. ^3Jerus'lem, as a city, is compactly built together: ^4Unto that place the tribes go up, the tribes of God go thither: To Isr'el's testimony, there to God's name thanks to pay. ^5For thrones of judgment, ev'n the thrones of David's house, there stay. ^6Pray that Jerusalem may have peace and felicity: Let them that love thee and thy peace have still prosperity. ^7Therefore I wish that peace may still within thy walls remain, And ever may thy palaces prosperity retain. ^8Now, for my friends' and brethren's sakes, Peace be in thee, I'll say. ^9And for the house of God our Lord, I'll seek thy good alway. |