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1 <A Song of the going up. Of David.> I was glad because they said to me, We will go into the house of the Lord.
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22 (Shir HaMa’alot, [Song of Ascents] of Dovid). I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the Bais Hashem.
2 At last our feet were inside your doors, O Jerusalem.
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Our feet shall stand within thy she’arim, O Yerushalayim.
3 O Jerusalem, you are like a town which is well joined together;
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Yerushalayim is built as an Ir bound firmly together;
4 To which the tribes went up, even the tribes of the Lord, for a witness to Israel, to give praise to the name of the Lord.
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That is where the Shevatim (tribes) go up, the Shivtei Hashem, according to the edut l’Yisroel (the statute to Yisroel), to give thanks unto the Shem of Hashem.
5 For there seats for the judges were placed, even the rulers' seats of the line of David.
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For there are set kise’ot l’mishpat (thrones of judgment), the kise’ot of the Bais Dovid.
6 O make prayers for the peace of Jerusalem; may they whose love is given to you do well.
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Sha’alu shalom Yerushalayim (pray for the peace of Jerusalem); they shall prosper that love thee.
7 May peace be inside your walls, and wealth in your noble houses.
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Shalom be within thy wall, and security within thy citadels.
8 Because of my brothers and friends, I will now say, Let peace be with you.
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L’ma’an (for the sake of) my achim and companions, I will now say, Shalom be within thee.
9 Because of the house of the Lord our God, I will be working for your good.
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L’ma’an the Bais Hashem Eloheinu I will seek thy tov.
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