1. I joy'd when to the house of God,Go up, they said to me.
2. Jerusalem, within thy gatesour feet shall standing be.
3. Jerus'lem, as a city, iscompactly built together:
4. Unto that place the tribes go up,the tribes of God go thither:To Isr'el's testimony, thereto God's name thanks to pay.
5. For thrones of judgment, ev'n the thronesof David's house, there stay.
6. Pray that Jerusalem may havepeace and felicity:Let them that love thee and thy peacehave still prosperity.
7. Therefore I wish that peace may stillwithin thy walls remain,And ever may thy palacesprosperity retain.
8. Now, for my friends' and brethren's sakes,Peace be in thee, I'll say.
9. And for the house of God our Lord,I'll seek thy good alway.