| NET Bible | International Standard Version |
| 1A song of ascents, by David. I was glad because they said to me, "We will go to the LORD's temple." | 1I rejoiced when they kept on asking me, "Let us go to the LORD's Temple." |
| 2Our feet are standing inside your gates, O Jerusalem. | 2Our feet are standing inside your gates, Jerusalem. |
| 3Jerusalem is a city designed to accommodate an assembly. | 3Jerusalem stands built up, a city knitted together. |
| 4The tribes go up there, the tribes of the LORD, where it is required that Israel give thanks to the name of the LORD. | 4To it the tribes ascend— the tribes of the LORD— as decreed to Israel, to give thanks to the name of the LORD. |
| 5Indeed, the leaders sit there on thrones and make legal decisions, on the thrones of the house of David. | 5For thrones are established there for judgment, thrones of the house of David. |
| 6Pray for the peace of Jerusalem! May those who love her prosper! | 6Pray for peace for Jerusalem: "May those who love you be at peace! |
| 7May there be peace inside your defenses, and prosperity inside your fortresses! | 7May peace be within your ramparts, and prosperity within your fortresses." |
| 8For the sake of my brothers and my neighbors I will say, "May there be peace in you!" | 8For the sake of my relatives and friends I will now say, "May there be peace within you." |
| 9For the sake of the temple of the LORD our God I will pray for you to prosper. | 9For the sake of the Temple of the LORD our God, I will seek your welfare. |
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