Let Us Go to His House
A song of ascents. Of David.
A pilgrim's delight at arriving at our Father's house, feet actually standing inside the gates. The city is where the tribes converge and where justice is handed down, so he prays for its peace, and says he does it for his brothers' sake, not his own.
122 1I rejoiced with those who said to me, "Let us go to the house of our Father." 2Our feet are standing within your gates, Jerusalem. 3Jerusalem, built as a city that is bound firmly together, 4to which the tribes go up, the tribes of our Father, as a decree for Israel, to give thanks to the name of our Father. 5For there the thrones for judgment were set, the thrones of the house of David.
6Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: "May those who love you be at rest. 7May there be peace within your walls, security within your citadels." 8For the sake of my brothers and my companions, I will say, "May peace be within you." 9For the sake of the house of our Father I will seek your good.
