1Von David, ein Wallfahrtslied. Ich freute mich über die, die mir sagten: Lasset uns ziehen zum Hause des HERRN! (Ps 26,8; Hes 48,35)2Nun stehen unsere Füße in deinen Toren, Jerusalem.3Jerusalem ist gebaut als eine Stadt, in der man zusammenkommen soll,4wohin die Stämme hinaufziehen, die Stämme des HERRN, wie es geboten ist dem Volke Israel, zu preisen den Namen des HERRN.5Denn dort stehen Throne zum Gericht, die Throne des Hauses David.6Wünschet Jerusalem Frieden! Es möge wohlgehen denen, die dich lieben!7Es möge Friede sein in deinen Mauern und Glück in deinen Palästen! (Sach 4,7)8Um meiner Brüder und Freunde willen will ich dir Frieden wünschen.9Um des Hauses des HERRN willen, unseres Gottes, will ich dein Bestes suchen.
A song for those who go up to Jerusalem to worship the Lord. A psalm of David.
1I was very glad when they said to me, ‘Let us go up to the house of the LORD.’2Jerusalem, our feet are standing inside your gates.3Jerusalem is built like a city where everything is close together.4The tribes of the LORD go there to praise his name. They do it in keeping with the law he gave to Israel.5The thrones of the family line of David are there. That’s where the people are judged.6Pray for the peace of Jerusalem. Say, ‘May those who love you be secure.7May there be peace inside your walls. May your people be kept safe.’8I’m concerned for my family and friends. So I say to Jerusalem, ‘May you enjoy peace.’9I’m concerned about the house of the LORD our God. So I pray that things will go well with Jerusalem.
1I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go to the house of the LORD!” (Jes 2,3; Mi 4,2; Sach 8,21)2Our feet have been standing within your gates, O Jerusalem!3Jerusalem— built as a city that is bound firmly together, (Neh 4,6; Ps 147,2)4to which the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, as was decreed for[1] Israel, to give thanks to the name of the LORD. (5Mo 16,16; Ps 78,5)5There thrones for judgment were set, the thrones of the house of David. (5Mo 17,8; 2Sam 15,2; 1Kön 3,16; 1Kön 7,7; 2Chr 19,8)6Pray for the peace of Jerusalem! “May they be secure who love you! (Ps 51,18; Jer 29,7)7Peace be within your walls and security within your towers!” (Ps 48,13)8For my brothers and companions’ sake I will say, “Peace be within you!” (1Sam 25,6; Ps 85,8)9For the sake of the house of the LORD our God, I will seek your good. (Neh 2,10; Est 10,3)