| English Standard Version | NET Bible |
| 1I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go to the house of the LORD!” | 1A song of ascents, by David. I was glad because they said to me, "We will go to the LORD's temple." |
| 2Our feet have been standing within your gates, O Jerusalem! | 2Our feet are standing inside your gates, O Jerusalem. |
| 3Jerusalem—built as a city that is bound firmly together, | 3Jerusalem is a city designed to accommodate an assembly. |
| 4to which the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, as was decreed for Israel, to give thanks to the name of the LORD. | 4The tribes go up there, the tribes of the LORD, where it is required that Israel give thanks to the name of the LORD. |
| 5There thrones for judgment were set, the thrones of the house of David. | 5Indeed, the leaders sit there on thrones and make legal decisions, on the thrones of the house of David. |
| 6Pray for the peace of Jerusalem! “May they be secure who love you! | 6Pray for the peace of Jerusalem! May those who love her prosper! |
| 7Peace be within your walls and security within your towers!” | 7May there be peace inside your defenses, and prosperity inside your fortresses! |
| 8For my brothers and companions’ sake I will say, “Peace be within you!” | 8For the sake of my brothers and my neighbors I will say, "May there be peace in you!" |
| 9For the sake of the house of the LORD our God, I will seek your good. | 9For the sake of the temple of the LORD our God I will pray for you to prosper. |
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