| New King James Version | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
| 1A Song of Ascents. Of David. I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go into the house of the LORD.” | 1A Song of Ascents, of David. I was glad when they said to me, "Let us go to the house of the LORD." |
| 2Our feet have been standing Within your gates, O Jerusalem! | 2Our feet are standing Within your gates, O Jerusalem, |
| 3Jerusalem is built As a city that is compact together, | 3Jerusalem, that is built As a city that is compact together; |
| 4Where the tribes go up, The tribes of the LORD, To the Testimony of Israel, To give thanks to the name of the LORD. | 4To which the tribes go up, even the tribes of the LORD-- An ordinance for Israel-- To give thanks to the name of the LORD. |
| 5For thrones are set there for judgment, The thrones of the house of David. | 5For there thrones were set for judgment, The thrones of the house of David. |
| 6Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: “May they prosper who love you. | 6Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: "May they prosper who love you. |
| 7Peace be within your walls, Prosperity within your palaces.” | 7"May peace be within your walls, And prosperity within your palaces." |
| 8For the sake of my brethren and companions, I will now say, “Peace be within you.” | 8For the sake of my brothers and my friends, I will now say, "May peace be within you." |
| 9Because of the house of the LORD our God I will seek your good. | 9For the sake of the house of the LORD our God, I will seek your good. |
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