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¹ I was glad because they said to me,
"We will go to the Lord's temple."
² Our feet are standing
inside your gates, O Jerusalem.
³ Jerusalem is a city designed
to accommodate an assembly.
⁴ The tribes go up there,
the tribes of the Lord,
where it is required that Israel
give thanks to the name of the Lord.
⁵ Indeed, the leaders sit there on thrones and make legal decisions,
on the thrones of the house of David.
⁶ Pray for the peace of Jerusalem!
May those who love her prosper!
⁷ May there be peace inside your defenses,
and prosperity inside your fortresses!
⁸ For the sake of my brothers and my neighbors
I will say, "May there be peace in you!"
⁹ For the sake of the temple of the Lord our God
I will pray for you to prosper.