8YAHWEH HE WILL PROTECT GOING OUT YOU AND COMING YOU FROM NOW AND UNTIL PERPETUITY 8The LORD will watch over your coming and going, both now and forevermore.
1I REJOICED IN [THOSE WHO] SAID TO ME [THE] HOUSE OF YAHWEH LET US GO 1I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go to the house of the LORD.”
2STANDING THEY WERE FEET OUR IN GATES YOUR O JERUSALEM 2Our feet are standing in your gates, O Jerusalem.
3JERUSALEM WHICH WAS BUILT LIKE A CITY THAT <IT> WAS JOINED TOGETHER TO ITSELF TOGETHER 3Jerusalem is built up as a city united together,
4WHERE THERE THEY WENT UP TRIBES [THE] TRIBES OF YAHWEH A TESTIMONY TO ISRAEL TO GIVE THANKS TO [THE] NAME OF YAHWEH 4where the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, as a testimony for Israel, to give thanks to the name of the LORD.
5FOR THERE <TOWARDS> THEY SAT THRONES FOR JUDGMENT THRONES OF [THE] HOUSE OF DAVID 5For there the thrones of judgment stand, the thrones of the house of David.
6ASK FOR [THE] PEACE OF JERUSALEM MAY THEY BE AT EASE [THOSE WHO] LOVE YOU 6Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: “May those who love you prosper.*NoteCloseOr be secure
7MAY IT BE PEACE IN RAMPART YOUR EASE IN FORTRESSES YOUR 7May there be peace within your walls, and prosperity*NoteCloseOr security inside your fortresses.”
8FOR [THE] SAKE OF BROTHERS MY AND FRIENDS MY I WILL SPEAK PLEASE PEACE [BE] IN YOU 8For the sake of my brothers and friends, I will say, “Peace be within you.”
9FOR [THE] SAKE OF [THE] HOUSE OF YAHWEH GOD OUR I WILL SEEK GOOD OF YOU 9For the sake of the house of the LORD our God, I will seek your prosperity